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Show AN UNWELCOME PROXIMITY. H "Now, look here!" angrily said young Cupid, M addressing the Stork, with whom he was usually M on the most amicable terms. "How often must M I tell you to stay awa from this house until I M finish my visit?" ,H "Dear me!" returned the bird. "I am not in- H terfering with you. It is the young lady's mar- H lied sister whose namt I have on my visiting M list. And " H "That's all right; but can't you understand M that every time the girl's flance-that-ls-to-be-if-i- M have-my-way gets a glimpse of you, it scares him i M into postponing his proposal until he has had time , M to forget about you? So, now, if I catch you fool- M ing around here again until I give 1 word, I'll j M siioot you so full of arrows that you'll look like J. M a pin-cushion! Understand?" Town Topics. |