Life — April 4, 1907 — page 45: what you’re looking at

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A FLATTERING ILLUSION I thank you for the flowers you sent, she said, And then she pouted, blushed and drooped her head Forgive me far the words I spoke last ‘The lowers have sweetly proved that you are right. ‘Then I forgave her, took her hand in mine, Sealed her forgiveness with the old, old sign; And as we wandered through the dim lit bowers, I wondered who had really sent the flowers —New York Tribune HIS NARROW ESCAPE Mr. Ferguson, two of down-town friends had just dined with him, had taken them into the library for a smoke. “T must tell you a good one on my wife,” he said. “She's been roasting me because I look at the headlines in the papers once in awhile to see if anythi portant is happening in the Thaw trial. Well, her afternoon, while the girl was away, she put 2 pan of biscuits in the oven to bake, and while she was waiting she picked upa paper and began to read the stuif herself. ot so interested in it that she let the biscuil At this moment Mrs. Ferguson came into the library for a book “And the joke of it was,” continued Mr. Ferguson, without a moment's pause, “that they found the cow next morning in a forty-acre lot.” : “Hat ba! ha!" roared the guest thing till the tears ran down their cheeks —but not at the story. —Chicago Tribune. WHAT THE TREE WOULD HAVE SAID An alumnus of St. Stephen's College said of the late Bishop ree F. Seymour Bishop Seymour founded St. Stephen's, and we treasure here many anecdotes about his wardenship. “The Bishop was very fond of trees, and one day, while walking with a young lady, he pointed out to her some of the fine trees in the m ood. She professed great interest and delight. She cried, “*How the noble aspect of beautiful trees stirs up the keenest emotions of the soul.” Then, patting a great, rough trunk, she went on, ‘You superb oak, what would you say to me if you could talk ?* “The Bishop smiled “"L believe 1 can be his interpreter,’ he murmured. ‘He would probably say, "I beg you pardon, miss; Tam a beech." Minneapolis Journal. HIS BRAND ‘The man from the “Circle-bar” ranch listened with apathy to the New Englander’s account of the choice entertainments to be enjoyed in his native city “We have everything that’s really worth money out our way, January 12th we had the world-renowned bell ringers; January 20th, Hal Brown, the greatest comettist in the workl, and January 31st, grand production of William Shakespeare's ‘Lewis the Cross Eye" Ttell you that was great “What did you say was the name of the play?” asked the nglander from the ranch, and he passed out a programme headed, “Grand production of Louis XL."— Youth's Companion. WHICH HALF IS SPEAKING? mn Churchill, the youthful British statesman, is the son American lady, Mrs. George Comwallis-West, formerly New York Mr. Churchill is proud of his American strain, as is shown by a speech he made when he referred to it as “an emblem of the jon of the two great English-speaking nations.” In this ding to the wisdom of the principle of inter Churchill cited the award in the Alaskan boundary dispute, adding that it was “a beautiful illustration of the blessedness of arbitration.” Whereupon one of his auditors asked “Will you, sir, kindly tell us which half of you is now speak ing?" Success navy some repairs 6 At that time it was not the practice, as now, for officers to wear their uniforms when about the yard, and the commodore, not having his on, the laborer did not recognize him nor pay any attention to his criticism of suggestions of the way to do the work. Atled the commodore and provoked him to ask with some spirit now who Lam? My man, Iam the com: mandant!" 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