DIFFERENT LINES.

A PERSON arrived from a voyage to the East Indies inquired of a friend

after their mutual acquaintance, and, among the rest, one who had the

misfortune to be hanged during his absence:

"How is Tom Moody?"

"He is dead."

"He was in the grocery line when I left this."

"He was in quite a different _line_ when he died."

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