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Show A CHOICE. There were once a very homely and a very beautiful woman, who lived together in a cottage by the wayside. And for a long time nothing disturbed their serenity. One day a man passed by. As he was the only man they had ever seen, both women were excessive curious. They craned their necks out of the window. Instinctively they felt Hire following him. When the man had got by the house, he laid down his burden, which consisted of a bag of shining gold, and turned half around, resting, for he was quite tired. As he did so, he saw the blinds open and the two women look out at him. Now, he was a man of some experence. He realized that he could not move on. His nature wouldn't permit. And so he said to himself at once that he would make the best of it. He hastened back, therefore, to the two women, wo-men, and addressed himself to the homely one. "Madam," he said, "I perceive there Is no escape. es-cape. Will you marry me?" "You are a man, I presume," said the homely home-ly woman. "I have heard of such useful creatures. crea-tures. Certainly I will marry you." And she gazed at the beautiful woman with a look of triumph. That lady naturally felt vexed, and showed It plainly . "Sir," she said, addressing herself to the man, "I am- much more beautiful than my companion here. Why, then, do you seleot her In preference prefer-ence to myself?" "Madam," he said, "don't be prematurely cast down. It is true that I am going to marry her to keep house for me. But I shall spend my money on you.". Town Topics. |
