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feet % unoccupied space. took a
chance and ant. succeHnfully' out
~ the darkness Their. came the
voice % tho fourth occupant 81
,he leEe. a lady she was whisper
Ing. rapidly. and she was WHIT )
prrins 10 Us. bat. Mhiie 80 have
a very fair article 81 var French.
40 discovered that 10 was - poet
lively no use IN thr dark The
French which IN spoken 10 us needs
~ monsieur. with great shame.
confessed that he knew only Amer
team on. very w~li' monsieur
spoke Amcrtcainet Great relief In
the voice 81 the lady. and she naid.
politely.
"wtu you sitT~
Was Sitting
A blue funk hsiEed upon mon
nieurH intellect. a. be explained
with equal politenrss, that. while
Il might not &c apparent IN the
darkness he WAS sitting
Panied silence for Ar instant. and
slight trace OF distress In the
voice Of the lady. as she inquired.
more or less pialntivcly
win you tit down p
Monsieur. who Ia anxious 20 have
His countrymcn well rcputed for
paliisurHs and accommodation. felt
hla ears purplinK. and hla tongue
thickeuinE. As he explained most
patiently. IN two languages. or at
least language and a half that
be was not only sitting. but also
down
lie began 30 have doubts about
hla physical structure. he began 10
feel that his estimate % hlH own
sitting height must always have
boon at fault, he began TO feel as
tail as house. from tho chair up.
particularly when tho lady. now
with much distress and much
plaintiveness. requested
Kindness, sir VIII you please
at down."
On Hat. Maybe1
~ AAAAM AsfssNtEAA w NAUA# IkisAA AaA
the proceedings. monsieur. feeling
Ike brute. leaned forward to
madame. and asked
what on earth docs Hhe WANT
| am sitting down. and I'm not ait
ting on "a hat or anything As a
compromise. no arose, In order 10
cit freshly; and. al each fresh re-
quest. he aid It again, until he felt
like a jumping jack
At this chaos RACED in that logo.
for tho French gentleman and the
French lady held an animated con-
ference. while monsieur and ma
dame aEitatedly discussed the i'm
posslble point at issue. Some half
minute OF this--it seemed an eter-
nlty-whiic the Rorely tried audi
ence was saying "Shi" "Sh'" SSH"
when madame happened to catch
one Ineligible word in all tho
rapid-fire speech. and that word
was let"
"Oh. ici'" she repeated eagerly.
It means there"
"oui, icil" vigorously repeated
tho French lady and gentleman,
and they both stood up.
Monsieur stood up. Madame
stood up. whereupon. tho French
lady and gentleman. politely but
firmly, inserted monsieur into the
front seat by the side OF madame.
while they happily took the two
rear seats. and the audience boot
ed; then the heaven sont lights
were turned on, and our pleasant
very nice poilu and |
his girl, explained, In most salts
factory pantomime. that they might
hold hands, and that We. now ait
ting also side by side. might have
the same PRIVILEGE
Show American Comedy
The wild thought flashed across |
mind that. since he and
madame were the late-comers, they /
would feel It their duty. and pleas
ure. to take the rear seats. but |
my attempt Mt another shift would |
have brought on n riot from the |
sufferers, so Il was |
allowed to go at that. with every
body contented.
All, those moviesl
The first treat to unreel before (
our astonished eyes was Com
edie- Comiquc Americana.
Two of our best known and
Justly Infamous acrobatic screen
INDUCED In mad
knock about which had M band