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Show Let Down Easy. "So he proposed to you, did he?" "Yes. He might have known better. bet-ter. I certainly never gave him any reason to hope." "I suppose a fellow never considers consid-ers that, though, when he's in love. Did you ridicule his presumption?" "0,h, no; I let him down easy." "What did you say." "I told him to come back in about ten year's, and if nobody else showed an inclination in ' the meantime to want me I might consider his offer." Chicago Record-Herald. A Judge's Story. One must learn to sympathize with domestic frailties, says Perry's "Judgments "Judg-ments in Vacation." I was rebuking a man the other day for backing up his wife in what was not only an absurd story, but one in. which I could see he had no belief. "You should really be more careful," care-ful," I said, "and I tell you candidly I don't believe a word of your wife's story." 'Tou may do as yer like," he said, mournfully, "but I've got to." |