He Bought The Cigars

Il was a m.-an nn.l dli ■s:nuiT-y joke trat It woi-ked all rtgttut. A Mumber ■of Koers -wsre fcalkimg tqgetfaer Moor öiay iin a oerta'a offk, wíion a wag renvarlaed : "That's pretty t ug.h abOUt the Ann SaTina Bank, sn't it?" ijLving a knowïng wink to a fíiend stanSiug near. ffli:it'. tiiu! V ai.x::.us'y .isUcü ■ AVhy iiaveu'i yiou iiea.ru ? It close J! i'tg dojrs SaUirday oo;i, an'3 jias mot opeanad up since. You havnt got a.ny moaey án ïflia'.'e have you ?" ■ Yes, I have a Ulttte. Oh, but you are jo'kiiiij;," a!l tJirs p'emtleman, stoo-witag how stiartled he was im spiit of himrsslf. 'I wi-jh I was jokiïig," siaid the "bat iib's too true." "Yes, iit's true," said anjottter, tviggïmg t'lia situation. Tlis agitated gaatleman, endeavored to appear calm aaid placad), but managed to gelt away fnom.' the crowd as so'ou as possüble and wandied hLs way towaird; Titos baa-k. He sa.w a whitfee poper yrü'Jtn som-s notieO writtea on ü w,liea acrass the eta-eet, and liasteoéd h2s p-ace, the no.; ■ c m i müig the suspóci ins ttoait wtacJe eroiwdáa)g jiis mitad liiko eleetric streak. He did nob atocp to thiak oí a diozaa tilinga titoai womid haT oalmed ai'iu liad he dianO so, bab took a i-apiU pace. Wken. lie reathed the iisunk doar he ltnund tllxe nabitoe nead : "ilioiniday July 5, betlng a legal lay, Uhia bank will ba closed." He liahfiíiiy drew a íandkea'chief ínom i:he lK'p pocket of his pants anJ mopped tíiu g:-efi.t dropa oí eweat froim nis excited twoiw, bat a huge sáfeli oí relief escaped hts lips as he did so. The wug-s u ■ iilng his evidomt anxitety, sent ama oi tJieir aumber ta folí iw aína, audi he liad iwit niopped liis tww moine th.an twifte beiore a lioarly laugii and a slap upoa tüe back bno-uglit Mm tra a fuil uuiutottofludüíDg o hew easily hts had, been duped, amd like tiha geaerous hearted ■Sello w that lie is, want aad bamght a ox of Royal Bamoers, and gave tlie crowd the banafjc o bis umoke. But another tUme tue ivili stop to fhlalk beilj:-e getting excitedl over the Wie go-aaip of idle fellows who hmve nothimg much to do bult study up som suc'1! "gaigs" upo.n inniocunt amd uaismspo'dtog feUo-w men.