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Show prospects worth mi;iij.joninri. 1 oin In modi-rate cirimmstiiiiec and have no r soureesexcept n knowledge of my biiKi ness, good health and steady habits." "Just bo, Julius." mused the father "Your income, 1 dare nay, Is" "Ahout 1.10 a year." "And on this, my young friend, yon would expect to support yourself and a young woman who Iras lived in a homo where she haH never bctm lined to anything any-thing like privation, or even judicious economy'" "It does seem presumptuous for mo to think of it," faltered tlm jonth, "and an 1 6ee it does not meet your Kpppoval I" "Stay, Julius," exclaimed Mr. Kajones somewhat hastily. "1 only ask those questions ques-tions as a matter of form. If you want Maria, my boy, yon can have her!" And ho shook the young man warmly by the hand. Mr. Kajones, it may be projier to state, has eight unmarried daughters beside Maria. London Tit-Bits, j . Only a SIattr of Form. "Mr. Kajones," said young Spring-byle Spring-byle clearing his throat. "I have called to at-'k permission to pay my addresses to vonr daughter." 'Which one, Juuusr inquired Mr. Kajones. ! "Mi.fs Maria, sir." Tho fatner looked fixedly at the young man. . ... Wkat are your prospects in uie, JuliusT he said. "To t"U yoa the truth, rcr," aclrnowi-edged aclrnowi-edged young Springbyle, "I have no |