An Easy Bet To Win

They stepped to the edge of the sidewalk and looked long and earnestly in the direction of tbe cornice of one of the big buildings. Of course under the circnmstances the man who had been standing in the doorway feit impelled to join them. He could not see anything extraordinary at the top of the building, but he kept his eyea uptumed because they did. A man who -was hnrrying along saw the three, and he at once forgot where he was going and what he had to do, and joined them. "I told yon so," said the man wno had first cast his eyes in that direction, and he made a motion as if to point out somothing to his cbnipanion. Four men who were passing saw the gesture and stopped to investígate, and before they had fairly fixed their gaze upon the cornice three others joined theru. "You may be right," returned the compauion of the man who had first spokeu, "but you said 20, you know. " Six more people, including two women, were now straining their eyes to see what was wrong -with the cornic, and a rumor was in circulation that soma one had tried to throw a child out of eme of the windows. This was promptiy denied by the man who knows it all and who is always present on such an occasion. He fcaid that a gang of counterfeiters had been found on the top floor and had taken refuge on the roof, where they were preparing to do battle with the offleers who had been sent to arrest them. Meanwhile the little gronp at the edge of the sidewalk had swelled to a crowd of over a htmdred. "Well, are you satisfied now?" asked the man who had first stopped. "Yes," replied bis companion. "There are more than 20." "More than 20 whati" anxionsly inqnired several of those nearest the two. "ftools," retnrned the flrst speaker promptly , inspired idiota. ï on see, we had a dispute as to the ntimber of f ools to be seen on the streets of a great city, and I bet him -we conld gather 20 aronnd us in ten minutes by simply standing out here and looking up at the oornioe. Gentlemen, there are more than 20 of yon here, and I win. ' ' Then a hundred or more solerán looking men, and a few women, went on about their business, and they all feit like kicking themselves without interxnission for a period of not less than two hours. - Chicago Post.