Show t I 1 f f ir i 52 1 COULDN T AFFORD IT papa I 1 will marry george never the oung girls eyes flashed and the hot pa blood of her fore fathe s to say nothing of her own mantled her cheek with an angry flush the old man was excited too parent and child confronted each oth er and neither failed do you refuse me that alone which will make me happye your happiness is very deir tp me my daughter the old man as aimed a lugubrious tone and bowed hi head sadly t the girl although she was jus turned 18 had read a few books and the situation at oice or sooner do not seak to deceive me papa child ct lid it is for your good that I 1 deny your request the beautiful woman shivered her lips curled scornfully icorn fully or thereabouts what have me do sir with infinite grace he led her to a seat he considered it a great en dor to have things come his way thus my child ou saad marry she nodded I 1 say elope she started then I 1 may marry george most assuredly but no wedding at home it you please he looked at his watch bless you my daughter I 1 am willing to pay tor a very stylish elopement but a wed ding at home no indeed tell george not to stint himself on car nage hire and hotel bills I 1 will cheerfully meet the expense you may elope sumptuously and furnish the cash but I 1 can t possibly afford a wedding at home like the sensible girl that she was she consented to the sacrifice after a good long cry BAD OVERSIGHT she but a man last week told me the same story he yes lady you see I 1 made the mistake of not having the history of my life copyrighted chicago jour nal difficult Diff cult to est mate A college gift may sometimes be the roost uncertain thing on earth in wisdom it Is hard to see just when you ve got your money a worth washington star he saw one when I 1 was in new york recent ly I 1 took a ride out riverside drive beautiful isn t ita yes I 1 was greatly astonished at the evidence of great wealtha no one of the houses was not for sale chicago record herald she remembered jack do you love me as much as evera dearest I 1 love you more than ever wretch the first time you told me you loved me you said it was am possible to love me more than ou did milwaukee sentinel past tense these deceitful women are so ri di culous said miss passy As for me I 1 was never afraid to tell what my age was no woman replied miss wise ever telling what her age was safe called a prizefighter prize fighter a liar to day ge whiz what did he doa I 1 dont know I 1 hung up the re ceh er cleveland leader got exercise the vicar do you give your dog any exercise mr hodgel hodge ob yes he goes tor a tramp nearly every day THINGS BETER LEFT UNSAID wife it was so thoughtful of you bay dear john to make your will but as you may go before me nobody knows what do you want to be writ ten on your graved john alone at last A maxim buy a stock and push it up ha day you I 1 have good luck can t squelch H m perhaps aid the after dinner or ator straightening out a reef in his waistcoat and beaming upon the av glesta 01 have heard the story of the man who ordered the two egg at a restaurant ve tave interrupted the entire audience in unison then you know of course that it cops fike this thereupon he proceeded in his calmest and most genial manner to tell the story tribune LOVE LAUGHS AT WORK tim oh miss I 1 simply love work dolly then why on earth don t you go look for somei tim cos love is blind careful A horseless rig on a moonless night down a dustless road to whirl but don t mistake and invite for such A ride a dugless girl houston post i rul ng pass an the wealthy plumber stood on the deck of the big ocean liner watch ing a distant whale there she blows shouted the sail or in stentorian tones and the plumber was silent and thoughtful ah he mused to himself after a long while a dandy bill I 1 could send in for stopping a leak like that chicago news A palpable H t that fighting porter of ours that we are always laying off and taking back reminds me of a gun in what waya it Is only when he Is loaded that we discharged lm and he always kicks hard when be s fired balta more american tim s joke did notice about th joke me brother tim played on wan av thim chauffeurs I 1 heard a terrible tur thing happened to him poor tim poor tim th davvie he had a etick av in his pocket he wor run over judge NAUTICAL FINANCE mrs wigs superciliously my bus band has a beautiful yacht I 1 dont suppose your husband can afford such y mrs digs no the best he can do is to hold the mortgage on the one your husband has so fade the dreams of men I 1 drean ed I 1 had a mansion in the sky all n ambled and set with jewels but olf my how your n mansions fade and crumble and your castles take a tumble when the clock beg ns to rumble sun U high milwaukee sentinel almost as important I 1 suppose observed the curious passenger you knew the exact lo 10 cation of all the danger rocks along this coasto no sir answered the pilot but I 1 know the exact location of all the sate channels chicago tribune willing to replace only last night I 1 stole a kiss now my conscience pricks alack therefore I 1 chink go around to night and put it back chicago dally news A sardon satisfaction you enjoy going to the theater les answered mr but you don t care much for mu plays no what I 1 enjoy is to take hen retta there is whole lot ot conversation going oh in which she can t say a word washington star curios ties mr stubbs reading maria I 1 see there is a place at the jamestown ex position where they check babies mrs stubbs keally john my how funny a checked baby must look chicago daily news too lazy to work little wlllie say pa chats ennui pa ennui my son is the feeling ecat over a man when he gets 0 lazy to cat pap |