SINGULAR MISTAKE.

A courtier was playing at piquet, and was greatly annoyed by a

short-sighted man with a long nose. To get rid of it he took his pocket

handkerchief and wiped his troublesome neighbour's nose. "Ah, sir," said

he immediately, "I really beg your pardon, I took it for my own."

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