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Show PROMPT llCPLY. alio Cheat! fllveil to r.irmr .lonas nd Ills JIfl.-nuull Intents. Komo-butlness I host done, ciulakly and with few words. Olhcr btiMuoiM, of n more dillcaU' nature. Is commonly entoreil upon In n mow l.slhuroly manner. man-ner. Now and then, however, a man Is found who makes no such distinction. distinc-tion. Farmer Jones sought au Intorvlow with Widow llrowD. Uo.Jiad. long prldodjilmsolf upon his shorthorn cattle: cat-tle: she wan In her way as proud of her poultry and pigs. "Wtdow llrown," said, he, "I am a man of few-words, but much fooling. I possess, ftayau know, between threo nnd four hundred head of cattle. 1 havo saved up algbt hundred dollars or so, and I've a-tidy and comfortable home. I want you to become my wife. Now, quick's the word with inej Lgivo ron five minutes to decide!" 'Tnrraer Jones,'' said Widow llrown, 'I nm a woman of few words I'lL say nothing of my feelings. I possess, as you know, botwoon threo and four hutulrod head of poultry, and about ton scoro of pigs. I have nigh twelve hundrod dollars well Invested my lto husband's Bavlngs and my own earnings, earn-ings, 1 tell you I wouldn't marry you It it wero a cholco between that and going to the scaffold. Sharp's my word, and I give you three minutes to clear off my prcmlsosl" |