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Show I If She Had Her Choice. 'A Kontloninn who finds great nmtiBO-nient nmtiBO-nient In telling his wlfo which lady of their acquaintance ho will soloct as ' l-.cr successor when sho dies, and who, -one day, had boon teasing her with numberless mock-sorloiiH allusions to tho ul)joct, suddenly called their little lit-tle daughter to hltn and asked her, shaking with laughter at his own wit: "Madeline, how would you like to 3iave n stepmothor?" 1 The child considered for a moment i .anil then, with great earnestness re- I piled: I "f think I'd much rather havo n J stepfather." |