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Show JUMPING AT A CONCLUSION. Marriage Did Not Follow the Nlneteei Year's Courtship. In tho amiable way of villagers, thoj woro discussing tho matrimonial nf fairs of a counlo who, though rcccntlj wed, had begun to find tho yoko ol tr Hymen a burden. "TIb all along o' these hasty marriages," mar-riages," opined one caustic old gentleman, gentle-man, who had been much to tho fore In tho discussion. "They did not understand un-derstand each other; they'd nobbut knowod each other for a matter o' seven year." "Well, that seems long enough," said an Interested lady llstenor. "Long eno'l Hah, yo'ro wrong I When a body's coortln' ho canna bo too careful. Why, my coortshlp lasted a matter o' 19 year!" "You certainly woro careful," agreed tho lady listener. 'And did you find your plan successful when you married?" mar-ried?" "Ye Jump to conclusions!" said tho old man, Impatiently. "I understood i her then, so I dldna' marry her!" ' Tlt.HJtP. |