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Show PUSSY -- A bashful young peasant was greatly captivated by the charms of a pretty girl in his own station of life; he was exceedingly anxious to ask her to marry him, and had often resolved to do so, but for so far his courage had always failed him when the opportunity arrived. However, one night he resolved to bear his fate in spite of his modesty, so he started off to spend the evening with her. When he arrived, to his joy her parents were from home, and she was seated knitting at the kitchen fire, with a big grey cat lying at her feet. Jamie sat down beside her, but not a word could he say, till, at the end of half an hour, he inwardly resolved to "finish this business" so acting on a "happy thought," he placed the cat upon his knee and stammered forth: "Pussy, ask Lizzie will she marry me?" Lizzie blushed and smiled, but managed to say: "Pussy, tell Jamie I'll take him." |