Recollections Of A Shark

David B. Hill ncvcr allowfi himselí to be aaught with an interview when Lt doesm't exacíly suit his convenience. ] A newspaper correspondent, who "was sent to interview liim on the political siiuatlon, found hiinseli bafiled, for the senator kept him a íull half hour without giving him a word that he could ue. l'Tnally, the reporter, in desperation, eaid he would like to ask the senator a single question. "That request reminds me of a story" said "A genuine Yankee canie into Xew York state many years ago, peddling tinware. He met a man with one leg and the stomp of another. The peddler's euriosity was aroused at once. He determined to know how that man lost his leg, and, ' after scraping an acquaintance, said, " 'Been in the war ?' "The one-legged raaa was sensative and reticent. His repJy was simply : " 'Xo.' "The Yankee then bogan to talk trade, but the lost leg was uppermost in his mind. l'resently he said : " 'Mebbe you lost it in a sawmill.' " 'No,' was ngain the answer. "The peddler talked trade again, all the time keeping hls eye on the reiiiniiiilur oí another leg. At last he said : " 'l'd just like to ask yon one question.' " 'On'y one,' Bald the man witli the crutches.' " 'Jest a bare one.' " '"Well, go ahead.' " 'How did you losO your leg ?' ■' 'It was bit off.' " The moral of the story and the discomiiture weve obvious. - New York Prei-s.