THE SAME PARTY.

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THE SAME PARTY.

AAA:.; ft .. ". y■. AA.A. y ! ; «' Commercials" (says a writer m the Sheffield Telegraph) like good '• lines" Three of them engaged m the same trade were having a quiet talk m a Sheffield hotel, the point of the palaver bsing as to whioh had the largest account' to collect m; the town. ; Each traveller agreed ;to produce the state ments iurnißhed by the house he represented, taking care, of course, to suppress the name ofthe party mentioned m the statement. Traveller No. 1 found he had' a nice little sum; of £1,000 to collect. Traveller No.; 2 ; was clean beat, as his figure was only £700 ; but both of th m were swept out of the neTd'by No. 3, who wanted •' £1500 to settle him." One of them gently rem «rked that his account was nearly two months overdue, .. and . the others found that thiir little bills were equally ancient.' Ths singular concidenpe was top, much for the .commercial gentlemen"/ The little bit" of Mother, lijye m them caused them to beQuribus, , and £hey agrev d to ' show each other-s---in the strictest confidence; of course— , the nam© 8 : pf tbe parties owing the bills, imagine the length of their faces when they found the three' bills were all owing by one man I J hey said nothing," jbut, lie the sailor's parrot* they thought a. ipt: an^ a few xhimites afterwardi there ww^'jpeoiestrian' competition te' reach first the ab'ooje of that one; debtor, who, let us hope, was able'to satisfy' the auxigus trio. _'_7