THE MAN WHO WAS MIXED.

Westport Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1967, 17 January 1882, Page 3

THE MAN WHO WAS MIXED.

" Really, but I hope you will excuse the intrusion," said the shabby-lookiug man as the insurance agent looked up. " Tou are excusable, sir. What do you wish ?" " Well—-you—see—l'm a bit mixed. Was it Napoleon or Washington who crossed the Alps P" " Napoleon, of course " u Just so—thanks, I was inclined that way myself, but yet I knew that General Washington was always scooting around, and he might have taken it into bis head to cross the Alps. Good day, sir. He passed down the hall thirty feet, and then returned and protested : " Say, don't think ill of me, but I am still mixed up—Dreadfully mixed. Will you answer me one more question V " Yes." " Was it Nero who commanded the sun to stand still ?" " No ; it was Joshua." ' ; I had an idea that it was Joshua, but I didn't dare put money on it. Nero was always fiddling around, you know, and I had a dim idea that he might have taken a whack at the sun. Yery much obliged to you, sir. This time he went half way down stairs and returned on tiptoe. The looked up and saw him in the door, and sharply queried : " Well I" "■ Mixed " Say, .1 want to ask you just une more question."