| Show A softhearted BAKER assumed woe woes a of actress too much for his composure recently a new play was performed in prague the principal characters in which are a beautiful oung young lady and a brilliant young officer but are unable to marry because they are as poor as church mice true the oung young lady has a very rich uncle from whom she hopes to obtain aid but she very soon discovers that he is an arrant miser and will not give her a farthing tar thing the moes woes of the lovers touched the hearts of many in the audience but only one person proved really equal to the occasion this was a worthy and wealthy baker who had actually been moved to tears by the distressing scenes on the stage at last his heart overflowed and the moment the rich uncle vanished with a bitter sneer at his niece a tolly folly on his lips he rushed from his seat to the footlights and taking a well filled purse from his pocket handed it to the astonished heroine saying here take this youil you 11 find a good dowry in it and have nothing more to do with that wretched miser every one in the theater roared at the good felloe fellom a simplicity and gen but he could not see that he had done anything unusual and as he refused to take back the purse the heroine with a smile laid it on a table and the play went on |
