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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF The Last Shot By FREDERICK PALMER iia tuoprngni, mi, v i;nana ttcriDners Bona) 17 8YNOPSIS. At tlirlr lioirif on tlir- frontier bet wren Jliu Ilrownx anil (IrnyM Murtii (JiiIIiiikI anil lier ninUior, rntitrliiltilm,' Colonel WYsti-r-ling or thu drays, hcu Oiiptulii T.titislron of tlio Ilrtwna Injurod by u full In IiIh acrmilunu. Ten yonts lutcr. WfHlerlliis, nominal vice but real clilef of stuff, r-'ii-forces Hoiith l.n Tlr niul tiu-illtiiti-H "tl war. Martu tclla tilm of her twirlilng rlillilrwi tho follies nf war and martini patriotism, and bcKM lilm to provunt war whllo bo In clilof of ntnff. l.nnatron calls on Maria at inr home. Alio telln l.nnstriin thai nho believes Kullor, tlio imnloner, to bn u Hpy. Janstron coafodHoa It la true and shows "ori ' lo'ophiirio which Keller baa con rented In a ace rot tmssnge muter tlio tower lor uao to bcnillt the. Urowns In war morRunclns. I.atistron declares III Invo for Mai-la. Wcnterllm? atul tho (Iraya pro Iaro plana to tmo a trivial Interimtloiml arrair to foment wnrllku pntrlotlam and ptrlli beforo Ucrlarlnc war. l'artow, Ilrown chief of ataff, ruvenla hla plans to Jaimtron, mndo vlco chief. Tho Oray army croaaca the border lino mid attacka. Tho ttrowna rherlc them. Artillery, In fanlry, aeroplanes and dlrlRlhlen enlace. Morta Ima her flrat Rllmpao of war In 7ta . ?i':orrU..co,iL "clontHle, mtirderoiia bru tality. Tho Urowna fall back to tho Oal land Iiouho. Marta area u nlcht nttaclt. xne uraya attack In force. Keller Icavoa Hla BCcret telephonn and goes back to hla yuna iTnml to hand fighting. The Ilrowna am fall bark nirnln. Marta nLrM rnM.t... ..'- iirauiramiD nppeai 10 I'artnw to atop tho PRhllnjr. Vandnllam In the Galland houao. Wcsterllng nnd hla atalT occupy the Oal land Iiouru and bo begin to woo Murtn. who apparently tbrowa her forlunca with tho Clraya and offera valuablo Information. BJto culls up I-nnntron on tho secrot telo phono and plana to Rive Wcsterllng Infor- &..,n,1iJ,,me wl" ,!rnp. tlln "ray army. WeaterllnR forma hla plan of attack upon Borrtlr. Through Marta Wcsterllng la led to P'ncenlrate hla attack on thn main lino rilnniUr- A l(k. of Infor'nntlon la aua iwctert. nnuelinrd la relieved na chief In leUlRencg oniror nnd In RolnR nccnara Mnrta. Wcsterllng thlnka blm crnsy. The ilnyJ?i ,nkob apron nf Kncadlr. Pnr Mm M,"J'''ly and Lnnatron succeeds I 1.- -."""- ".' "?"" nili'll "I'll CHAPTER XVIII Continued. Par up on a poak nmong tho birds and aeroplanes, In a roofed, aholl-proof chnmbor, with n tclophono orderly nt his sldo, a powerful pair of field-glasses and rango-flndorfl nt his elbow, nnd n teloscopo beforo his oyo, Gustavo Fel ler, one tlmo gardener and now feting colonel of artillery, watched tho burst or Biioiis over tho enemy's lines. While other men had grown lean on war, ho had taken on enough flesh to 1111 out Watched tho Bursting of Shells Over the Enemy's Lines. tho wrinkles around hla oyca that Bliono with nn artist's enlnvmnnt of his work. Down under cover of tho rldgo woro his guns, tho koys of tho Instrument thnt ho played by calls over tho wire. Their barking was a symphony to his ears; errors of or chestration woro orrors In aim. Ho talked ns ho watched, hla lively fca lures reflective of his Impressions. "Oh, prottyl Right into their turn tnloa! Right In tho noso! La, la, lal Hut that's off and bo's thnt! Tell Hattery C thoy'ro llfty yards over. Oh, beady-eyed gods and ahiny llttlo fishes two smacks in tho eamo spot! Humph I Tell Battery C that the trouble with that gun is worn rifling: that's why U'b going short. Elevate It lor another hundred yards but It ought not to wear out bo soon. I'd llko to kick the maker or tho inspector. Tho fellows In B 21 will accuso ub of inat tention. U'b tlmo to drop a shell on them to Bhow wo'ro perfectly Impartial In our favors. La, la, lal Oh, what pretty smack! Congratulations !" B 21 was tho position of Fracasso's rwmpany and tho pretty emack tho one that broko ono man'B arm and MTiBhed another's head. The "God with ub!" song waB alngu krly suited to Uw groat, bull roico of HSpaSiirjjMHI sit BaaaaawSRr7BBUBTVx'iclSk BHIfiltK- aahaaHiTv! ailBlBlBlSSVH aiaOlaBBBlBlBlBlBlBlHBlBlBllk vVl Us compoflor, born to the red and h cotno Captain Stransky in the red buslncflR of war. It was ho who led tho thunder of Its vcraca. "I certainly llko thnt song," ho said. Well ho might. It had mado him fa mous throughout tho nation. "There's Jchovnh and brlmstono In It. Now wo'll hnvo our own." "Out wo'ro always losing posltlonsl" complained ono of tho mon. "Llttlo by llttlo they nro getting possession." "They say tho offonBivo always wins," snld another. "Five against thrcol Thov count on numbers," Bald Lieutenant Tom Krnslni. "Thero you go, Tom I Any other pessimists or anarchists want to bo hoard 7" called out Stransky. "Just how long, nt tho present rate, will It tako them to got tho wholo rango? There's a limit to tho number of oven five millions." Then tho tclophono In tho redoubt brought somo nown. Tho stnff begged to Inform tho tinny that tho enemy's ciiBiinltles In tho last throo days hnd been two hundred thousand I Immedi ately everybody was talking at onco in stransky'8 parliament, ns ho some times called thnt company of which ho was, In tho flnnl analysis, unlimited monnrch. "How do they know?" "Do you think it's fnko?" "That Bums up to pretty near n mil lion I" "My Godl Think of it-a million!" "Wo'ro whittling them down!" "It doesn't mako any difference whether Partow or Lnnutron Is chief of Btaffl" "Thcy'ro paying!" "Faying for our follows thnt they've killed! Paying for being In tho wrong!" Stransky, his oyes drawing Inwnrd In their characteristic slnnt, was well pleased with his company, and tho Bcattorcd exclamatory badlnngo kept on until It was Interrupted fcy tho nr rivnl of tho mall. Partow and Lnn stron, understanding their mnchlno as numan in its elements, hnd chosen that tho army should hear from homo. "IIow'o this!" exclaimed ono man. rending from n nowspnper. "Thoy'ro going to put up n Btatuo of Partow In tho capital! It's to Bhow him as ho died, dropped forward on tho map, and In front of his desk a field of bayonets. On ono fnco of tho baso will bo his namo. Two of tho other faces will havo 'God with us!' and 'Not for theirs, but for ours!' Tho legend on tho fourth fnco tho war is to decide." "Victory! Victory!" cried those who had listened to tho announcement. Stransky was thinking that they had to do moro than hold tho Qraya. Hoforo ho should boo his girl they had to tako back tho lost territory. Ho carried two pictures of Minna in his mind: ono when sho had struck him In tho faco as ho tried to kiss her and tho other ns ho said good-by nt mo Kitcncn door. There was not much encouragement In cither. "Hut when Bho gots' better acquaint ed with mo there's no telling!" ho kept thinking. "I wns lighting out of cus eoilness at first. Now I'm flchtlnir fnr her nnd to keop what is ours!" CHAPTER XIX. - The Ram. In tho closet off tho Gnllnnd library, where tho long-distance tclophono was Installed, .Wcsterllng was talking with tho premier in tho Gray capital. "Your total casualties are eight hun dred thousnnd. That is torrlflc, Wcs terllng!" tho premier wub saying. "Only two hundred thousand of thoso are doad!" replied Wcsterllng. "Many with only slight woundB nro already returning to tho front Ter rific, do you sny7 Two hundred thou sand in (lvo millions is ono man out of twenty-flvo. That wouldn't havo worried Frederick tho Great or Napo leon much. Eight hundred thousand is ono out of bIx. Tho trouble Is that such vast armies have never been en gaged hoforo. You must consider the percentage's, not tho totals." "Yet, eight hundred thousnnd! If tho public know!" exclaimed tho pre mier. "Tho public does not know!" said Wcsterllng. "Thoy-guess. They realize that wo stopped tho soldlere' letters becauso thoy told bad nows. Tho situation la serious." "Why not glvo tho public something to think about?" Wcsterllng demanded. "I'vo tried. It doesn't work. Tho munmira Increase. I repeat, my fenrB of a rising of tho women are well grounded. Thero Is mutiny In tho air. I feel It through tho columns of tho press, though thoy tiro censored. I " "Then, Boon I'll glvo tho public some thing to think about, myself!" Wcster llng broko In. "Tho dead will bo for gotten. Tho wounded will bo proud of their wounds and their fathers and mothors triumphant when our army descends tho othor sldo of tho rango and starts on its march to tho Browns' capital." "Hut you havo not yet taken a Blnglo fortress!" persisted tho premier. "And the Browns report that thoy have lost only threo hundred thousand mon." "Lanatron la lying!" retorted Wcs terllng hotly. "But no matter. Wo havo taken positions with every at tack and kopt crowding in closer. I ask nothing bettor than that tho Browns remain on tho dofcnalvo, leav ing lnltlntlvo to ua. We havo dovol opod tholr weak points. Tho resolute offonBivo always wine. I know whore I am going to attack; thoy do not. I shall ijot glvo them tlmo to rolnforco tho defenso at our chesou point. I havo still plenty of live soldiers loft I shall go in with mon enough this tlmo to win and to hold." "Tho army Is yours, Wcsterllng," concluded tho premier. "I admlro your stolidity of purpose You havo my con fidence. I shall wait and hold tho situ ation at homo tho best I can. Wo go Into tho hall of fame or Into the gut tor togethor, you and II" For a while after ho had hung up the rccclvor Wcsterllng'a head drooped, his muscles relaxed, giving mind and body a reloase from tension. Hut his eplno was as stiff as ovor ns ho loft tho closet, and he was oven smiling to glvo tho Impression that tho nows from tho caDltal wan favor- able. When ho called his chiefs of divi sion It was hardly for a staff council. Stunnod by tho losses and repulses, loyally Industrious, tholr opinions un asked, thoy lietoned to his whirlwind of orders without comment all except Turcns. "If thoy nro apprised of our plan and nro able to concentrato moro artillery than our guns can Bllenco, tho lossoa will bo demoralizing," ho observed. Wcsterllng throw up his head, frown ing ciown tno objection. "Suppose they amount to half tho forces that wo send In!" ho exclaimed. "Isn't tho position, which means tho pass and tho range, worth It?" "Yes, If wo both tako and hold It; not if wo fall," replied Turcns, qulto unaffected by WeBterllng's manner. "Falluro Is not in my lexicon!" Wes terling shot back. "For great galnB thoro must bo great risks." "Wo prepare for tho movement, your excellency," answered Turcns. It wns a steel harness of his own will thnt Wcsterllng woro, without ad mitting that It galled him, and ho laid It off only In Maria's presence. With her, hiB growing senso of Isolation had tho relief of companionship. ''She be- camo a kind of mirror of his egoism nnd nmbltlons. Ho liked to have nor think of him as a great man unruffled nmong wenker men. In tho quiet and seclusion of tho garden, Involuntarily as ono who has no confidant speaks to himself, reserving fortltudo for hie part before tho staff, while sho. undor tho spell of her purposo, silently, with sereno and wistfully listening eyes, played hors, ho outlined how the final and telling blow was to bo struck. "Wo must and wo shall win!" ho Kopt repeating. Through a rubber disk held to his ear In tho closot of his bedroom a voico, tremuloua with norvouB fatigue, was giving Lanstron nowa that all his aircraft and cavalry and spies could not havo gained; news worth more tnnn a score of regiments; news fresh from tho lips of the chief of Btaff of tho enomy. Tho attack was to bo mado at tho right of Engndlr, Its cen ter brenklng from the redoubt manned by Fracasso's men. "Marta, you gonlua!" Lanstron cried. "You nro tho real general! You" "Not that, please!" sho broke In. "I'm as foul and depraved as a denlor In BUbtlo poisons In tho middle ages! Oh, tho Bhamo of It, while I look into his eyes and feign ndmiration, feign everything which will draw out hla plans! I can never forget tho sight of him ns ho told mo how two or threo or four hundred thousnnd men wero to bo crowded Into a ram, as ho culled It a ram of human flesh! and guns enough In support, ho said, to tear any redoubts to pieces; guns enough to mnko their Bhells as thick as the bul lets from an automatic!" "Wo'll moot ram with ram! We'll havo Bomo guna, too!" exclnlmed Lnn Btron. "Wo'll sepd as heavy a Bhell fire nt tholr Infantry as they send Into our redoubts." "Don't. It's too llko Wcsterllng. It haa becomo too trlto!" alio protested. "Tho end! If I really wero helping townrd that and to savo lives and our country to Ua people, what would my private foollngs matter? My honor, my soul what would anything mat tor? For that, any sacrifice. I'm only ono human being a weak, luna tic sort of one, just now!" "Marta, don't Buffer so! You are overwrought. You " "I can say all that for you, Lanny," sho Interrupted with tho faintest Inugh. "I'vo said it bo many times to myaelf. Perhaps when I call you up again I shall not bo bo hysterical." Lanatron wna not thinking of war or war'a combination when ho hung up tho recolver. It wna some moments before ho roturncd to tho staff room, nnd then ho hnd mastered his omo Hon. Ho wns tho soldier again. An hour or so hoforo tho nttack tho telegraph Instrumonta In tho Gnlland houso had becomo pregnantly silent. There wero no moro orders to glvo; no moro reports to como from tho troops In position until tho assault waa mado. Olllcors of supply ceasod to transmit routine matters over tho wire, whllo thoy Btrnlncd their oyoa townrd tho rango. Officers of tho staff moved about restlessly, glancing nt tholr watches and going to tho windows fre quently .to boo If tho mist Btlll held. No ono entered tho library where Wcsterllng wns Boated alono with nothing to do. Ills auspenso wns that of the mothers who longed for nowB of tholr sona at tho front; his holplesa ness that of a man In a hospital lobby watting on tho result of an operation whoso success or failure will save or wreck his career. Tho physical desire of movement, tho conflict with some thing in hla own mind, drovo him out of doors. Wcsterllng wns rather pleased with tho fact that ho could still smllo; pleased with tho loyalty of younger offlcera whon, day by day, tho staff had grown colder and moro me chanical in tho attltudo that com pleted his Isolation. Walking vigor ously along tho path toward tho tower, the oxerclso of his muscles, tho feel of the cool, moist air on bis face, brought back some of tho buoynncy of spirit that ho craved. A woman's fig ure, with a capo thrown over tho shoul ders nnd tho head bare, loomed out of tho mlBt. "I couldn't stay In not to-night," Marta said as Westorllng drew near. "I had to see. It's only a quarter of an hour now, isn't It?" Sho seemed so utterly frail and distraught that Wostorllng, in an im pulse of protection, laid bis hand on her relaxed shoulders. "Our cnuBo Is at atuko to-night," he declnred, "yours and mine! Wo muBt win, you and II It la our destiny!" "You and 1!" repeated Mnrta. "Why you and 17" It seemed very strange to bo think ing of any two persona when hundreds of thousands wero awaiting tho signal for tho death prepared by him. Ho mistook tho character of hor thought In tho obsession of hla egolam. "Whatlo Uvea mean?" ho cried with a sudden desperation, his grip of hor aiioulderB tightening. "It la tlio law of nature for mnn to fight. Unlesa ho fights ho gocB to seed. Ono trouble with our army Is that It wns Boft from tho want of war. It Is tho law of na ture for tho fittest to survive! Other sons will bo born to tako tho place of thoso who dlo tonight. There will bo all tho moro room for thoso who live. Victory will create now opportunities. What la a million out of tho billions on tho face of tho earth? Thoso who lead ulono count thoso -who dwell In tho atmosphere of tho peaks, as wo do!" Tho pressure of tils strong hands In tho unconscious emphasis of his passion becamo painful ; but sho did not protest or try to draw away, think ing of hla hold In no personal senso but as a part of his self-revelation. "All all Is at stake thero!" he continued, staring townrd tho rango. "It's tho Rubicon! I hate put my career on to night's cnBt! Victory means that tho worm will bo at our feet honor, po sition, power greater than that of any other two human beings! Do you roallzo what that menus tho honor nnd the power that will bo ours? I shall havo directed tho greatest urmy tho world has over known to victory!" "And dofeat means what docs do feat mean?" she aBkcd narrowly, calm ly; and tho pointed question released her shoulders from the vlso. What had been a shadow In his thoughts becamo a llvo monster, strik ing him with tho forco of a blow. He forgot Marta. Yes, what would de feat mean to him? Sheer human na ture broko through tho bonds of men tal dlsclpllno weakened by sleepless nights. Convulsively his head dropped as ho covored his face. "Defeat! Fall! That I should fall!" he moaned. Then it was that she bow him In tho reality of his littleness, which sho had divined; this would-bo conqueror. Sho saw him as his intlmatea often see the great man without his front of Jove. Don't wo know that Napoleon had mo ments of privacy when ho whined and threatened suicide? Sho wondered if Lanny, too, wero like that If it were not tho nature of all conquerors who could not havo their way. It seemed to hor thnt Wcsterllng waa beneath tho humblest private In his army be neath oven that fellow with tho liver patch on, his cheek who had broken tho chandelier In tho sport of brutal passion. All senao of her own part was submerged In tho Bight of a chiof of staff exhibiting no moro stoicism than a petulant, spoiled schoolboy. Whllo his head waa still bent tho ar tillery began Its crashing thunders and tho aky becamo light with flashes. His hands stretched out toward tho range, clenched nnd pulsing with defiance nnd command. "Go in! Go In, ns I told you!" ho cried. "Stay in, allvo or dead I Stay till I tell you to como out! stay! 1 can't do any more! You must do it now!" "Then this may be truly the end," thought Marta, "if tho assault falls." And silently alio prayed that It would fall; whllo the flashes lighted Westnr. ling's set features, Imploring succesa. In tho Browne' headquarters, db In tho Graya', telegraph Instruments woro silent after tho preparations were over. Hero, also, officers walked restlessly, glancing at their watches. Thoy, too, wore gtau mat tno mlat continued. It meant no wind. When tho telegraph did apeak It was with another message from Bomo aerostatic officer saying, "Still favorable"' which was taken nt onco to Lanstron, who was with tho staff chiefs around tho big table. Thoy nodded at tho nows and smiled to ono another; and somo who had been pac ing sat down nnd others roso to begin pacing afresh. "Wo could havo oniplnced two lines of automatics, ono nbovo tho other!" exclaimed tho chief of nrtlllery. "But that would havo given too much of a climb for tho Infantry in going In delayed tho rush," said Lanstron. "If thoy should stick if wo couldn't drive thorn back!" exclaimed tho vice chief of staff. "I don't think they will!" said Lan stron. To tho othora he seemed as cool as over, ovon when his maimed hand was twitching In his pocket. But now, sud denly, his oyes Btnrtlng as at a horror, ho trembled passlonutely, his head dropping forward, as if ho would col lapse "Oh, the murder of It tho murdor!" ho breathed. "Bur. thoy brought It on! Not for theirs, but for ours!" said tho vlco chief )t staff, laying his hand on Lnn stron's shouldor. "And wo sit horo whllo thoy go In!" Lanstron added. "Thoro's a kind of injustice nbout that which I cau't got over. Not ono of ua here has been under tiro!" Even tho mlnuto of tho attack thoy know; and Just beforo midnight they were standing at the window leoklng out luto the night, whllo the vice-chief held his watch In hand. In tho hush tho faint Bound of a dirigible's propel ler high uo In the heavens, muffled by tho fog, was drowned by the Gray guna opening fire. Beforo tho mlno cxplodod, by the light of the shell bursts brenklng their vast prisma from central spheres of flame for miles, with the quick se quence of a movlng-plcturo flicker, FracaBsc's men could see ono another's faces, spectral and stiff and pasty white, with teeth gleaming where Jaws hnd dropped, some eyes half closed by the blinding flashes and aomo opened wide ns If the lids wero paralyzed. Faces nnd faces! A sea of faces stretching away down the slope facea In n trance. Up over tho breastworks, over rocks and splintered tluiborB. Pcterkln nnd tho Judge's son nnd their comrades clambered. When they moved thoy wero ob a myriad-logged creature, brain numbed, without nuy sensation except that of raplda going over a fall. Thoso In front could not falter, being pushed on by tho pressure of thoso In tho rear. For a fow stepa they woro under no lire. Tho scream of their own shells breaking In infernal pande monium In front seemed to bo a powor ns Irreslstiblo na tho rear of tho wedgo In driving them on. Then Bounds moro hideous than the flight of projectiles broko about them with tho abruptness of HghtnlngB held In tho hollow of tho Almighty's hand and Huddenly released. The Browna guns had opened lire. Explosions were even swifter In aequenco than tho flnshes that revealed tho stark faces. Dust and stones and flying fragments of flesh filled tho air. Men went down In posltivo paralysis of faculties by tho icrriiic crashes. Sections of tho ram were blown to pieces by tho burst of a shrapnel shoulder high; other sec tions wero lifted heavenward by a shell burat in tho earth. Petcrkin fell with a pleco of Jagged steel embedded in hia brain. Ho had gone from tho quick to tho dead ao awiftly that ho never know that his charm had failed. Tho Bamo explosion got Fracasae, sword In hnnd, and an other burled him whore ho lay. The banker's son went a llttlo farther; the barber's son still farther. Men who wero nllvo hardly realized life, so mixed wero life and death. Infernal imagination goes faint; Us wildest similes grow feeble and banal before such a consummation of hell. But tho tide keepa on; tho torn gaps of the ram ato filled by tho rushing legs from tho rear. Offlcera urge and lead. Such are tho orders; such Is tho duty prescribed; such is human bravery even in theso days when life Is Bweotor to more men In the Joya of mind and body than ever before. Pre cision, organization, Bolldarlty In this charge such as the days of tho "death-or-glory" boys nover know! Over tho bodlea of Pcterkln and the barber's and tho banker's sons, plunging through shell crntors, stumbling, stag gering, cut by swaths and torn bv oddles of red destruction In their I ranks, tho tldo proceeded, until Its ' hosts were oftencr trending on flesh than on soil. And nil thoy know was ' to kcop on keop on, bayonet In hand, till they reached tho redoubt, and thero they were to atay, allvo or dead. i "After hell, more hell, and then Btlll more hell!" was tho way that Stransky I expressed his thought when tho en-1 glneera hnd taken tho place of tho 63d i of tho Browna In tho redoubt. Thoy put their mlnea nnd connections deep ' enough not to be disturbed by sholl fire. After tho survivors In the van of I the Grays' charge, Bpent of breath, reached their goal nnd threw them boIvcs down, tho earth under them, ns tho mlno exploded, split and heaved heavenward. But thoao In the rear, Blapped In the face by the concussion, kopt on, driven by tho pressure of tho mass at their backs, and, In turn, plunged forward on their atomache In the seama and furrowa of tho mine's havoc. Tho mass thickened as tho flood of bodies and legs banked up, in keep ing with Wcsterllng'a plan to have "enough to hold." (TO 1113 CONTINUED.) Poor Mrs. Smith. A minister was recounting some ot his ninupliiR experiences In marrying people. "There's an old custom," Mild ho, "thnt tho bridegroom shall kiss tho brldo Immediately after tho marrlago ceremony is over. It's a good, practical custom, for It serves moro handily than anything olso that I know of to dlsslpato tho awkward pause that almost always follows a Blmplo, lnformnl ceremony. For this reason I keep tho custom alive. "Ono day a man whom I puall call Smith camo to tho parsonrigo to be married. Mr. Smith was a pompous, consequential llttlo man. The pros pective Mrs. Smith was a fine, win some girl. After tho coromony, Mr. Smith, In spite of his pomposity, did not seem to know Just what was the next thing to do, so, as is my prna tlco in such emergencies, I said: 'My dear sir, It Is your privilege to Balute tho bride.' lie turned around and ex tending his hand formally, said: 'Mrs Smith, I congratulnto you.'" Barber's Story Record. During a Portland (Mo.) barber's SO years in business ho has had one workman who hns sorvod for 40 years. This workman lias kopt a record ot tho number ot tlmeB the employer tolls bis stories. Ono story which he thinks his best ono he has told 2,760 times, and says it get betUr very time be tells U. 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