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Show t Clever Matilda. "Your father is just a little bit ! well opinionated, you know, dear, and . j I'm rather afraid as to what he will Si i: say when I ask him," said he. j "That's all right, George. I know ' , how to manage papa," she replied. . I So the next morning she went to J papa in a stato of great indignation, and exclaimed: : "What do you think has happened? i : That absurd young man, Mr. Jenkins, i ' has had tho impertinenco to proposo j to me!" I ij " Absurd young man! " exclaimed her ' y father. "Who are " you calling ab- jjj surd? Let me tell you" that 1 consider , ;jJ Mr. Jenkins a hard-working, steady, c ;j! respectable j'oung fellow, just tho very ) J sort of a husband for you. You'll die an old maid, Matilda, if you're so con- '( foundcdlv particular. Just tell Mr. f Jenkins io sco me, and I'll mako it all ij right." , I : And it was "all right." ! j j |