| OCR Text |
Show FUNNY BUT NATURAL MISTAKE Artist Wns Not Familiar With Lingo of the Sea. Dr. B. B. Norland of Wheatley, Minn,, Is said to hold that mosquitoes bring about marriages, tho samo mosquito, mos-quito, in the summer time, biting a young man and a maid, and thus caus-ing caus-ing a transition of blood and a mutual affection. "I did say that mosquitoes caused marriages," admitted Dr. Norland the SK other day; "but the statement was a I facetious one. To tako it seriously la a mistake a hid crous mistake, like that which Black, tho artist, made. i "Black lived near here. He was a handsome chap, but poor. He fell In love with Nancy Lee, a rich sea captain's cap-tain's daughter. "And his suit prospered, though ha pressed It very timidly, fearing that rich old Skipper Lee would not care to see his darling Nancy marry a poverty-stricken artist. "As to Nancy's mind, there was no question; she loved Black ardently. "Ho sat with her one night in the parlor, with the light lowered, when suddenly, from the next room, Capt. Lee's gruff volco shouted: "'Leggo that painter! "Poor, timid, mistaken Black drew away from the girl, grabbed his hat, and darted out Into tho road; but Nancy, overtaking him, explained that her father was talking In his sleep, and that a painter, in sea language, meant only a small rope." |
