His Beautiful Bluff

A Portland man tells a good joke on himself. He said lie carne home from "lodge" just at daylight the other mornng, and finding the wife of his bosom sound asleep, undressed with great care and tried to slip into bed without disturbing her. Just as he donned his night shirt his wife opened her eyes and asked what he was getting up so early for. He had to make the bluff good and in order to do so was obliged to dress himself again and go down town to his place of business. He paralzyed the clerks by having a fire built n the store when they carne down. He is thinking up a new scheme for the next time be goes home "early."