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Show JUST LIKE MOLLY. I The rrtnennnil the Ilitppr Peatant In th H Illack Fnreal. H i "H A Gorman prlnco was on his bridal tour says Texas Nilhiigi. Ho wns, of H course, nccompanlcd by tho princess, H Ids In ide. Tho happy cotiplo traveled incognito leisurely through tho benuti- H fill Black Forest, stopping u day or so H nt the llttlo villages, whoro thoy 'strolled 4 nbout iu eaeli other's company, unob- H served and unknown, enjoying the ' H beautiful scenery, etc H Whllo sitting undor tho sliado of a H treo uear tho roadsldo ono day tho prince, plncing his arm around tho waist of tho prlucoss. Just as ordinary H mortnls might liavo done under tho clr- H cumstauccs, exclaimed in nu ccstatio voice, looking upward: H "I wonder, dearest Louisa, It it Is posslblo for nuy othor living bolngs' to bo ns happy ns wo nro?" H Tho wifo slgliod a happy sigh, nnd H then indulged in spoculatlro thoorios- - H as to tho possibility of a cnuplo bolng H ns happy in an hum bio cotlugo on a H small salary as in a gorgeous palaco H and living on a prlncoly revenue. Just H nt this crisis n sturdy peasant enmo up. H the road, singing a merry roundelay. H "Supnoso wo ask this rustic if ho is H really happy?" suggosted tho princess. ' H "Come hither my good frlond. I wish. H to ask you something," said tho prlnco, H adjusting Ids oyn-glass. tJU "Propol," replied the happy poasant. j jsH "Aro you really as joyous as you ' H seem to k "What aro you giving mo?" dl "I merely wanted to Know if you ara , sB really in as beatlo a framo of mind as H you nppcar?" M "Yes, I guess I am as hnppy ns most H people got to be. I get enough to cat H nnd drluk, and Pvo got an nppelito as H big as that of a letter-carrier. H Wifo nnd children nro In good hcnlth. I haven't got nnythiug in particular to ,. H grumblo about." M "Tlion 1 nm to understand that you M have no causo for nnnoyauco?" Tho happy peasant scratcliod his H hoad and replied: H "Now that I como to think of It, H there Is a llttlo improvement I might v- H suggest. "You sco, 1 work protty hard during H tho week, nnd Sund.iy I don't object tpu H going to tho tavern and moluonlng" H my clay with a glass of beer. Old H friends como in, and thon I worry down a second glass, and nftor a whllo a third, nnd by tho tlmo I go home I've gonerally mnnngod to surround eight or ten glasses, and then my wifo Molly goes for me. May ho she doesn't make H it tropical in that Immcdlutq vicinity. H Now, if it woro posslblo tp havo her H tompor toned down n littlo I don't H think that I should object vt a much." H "Shamo on youl" exclaimed the- H princess indignantly. "According to H your own statement you nro llttlo H better than a drunknru. You guzzle beer, thus squandering tho money vou jM should spend on your wifo nnd child- -JM ren, who with your bad cxnmplo bo- M foro their eyes will surely turn out H badly; and wlion your poor wife very , g , H properly robukes you, h"MMaj"""HM" ing hor. H you ' with opefll mouth, almost thu toroHH of nbuso from tho princess. J Winking slyly nt tho prlnco tho happy JiiaiiiiiiiiH peasant punched him with his elbow siiiiiB and said, "Just such another spll-llro ?H as Molly," nud wnlked off laughing. |