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Show THE! QUERY PERTJ STENT. A creaturo of wealth and of the feminine gender loved him very dearly, dear-ly, and Jn fact placed him upon a pedestal composed of amatory adulation adula-tion that was thoroughly- uncalled for, and upon which he had no earthly right to stand. .For he was a creature of name, and had speculated in the marriage mart for a considerable period. And he was poor and addicted to cc details. In consequence was termed "dissipated." "dis-sipated." Not a "true sport" after the manner ef his bibulous but moneyed brethren. His lot was growing somewhat desperate, des-perate, for he was not as young as suitors are wont to be and his nasal oigan was becoming tinged by the booze. So, although he was nescient of how much she possessed in her own right and of the exact measure of hor father's bank account, ho dotormined to take a hack at both. And on evening, when she was acting particularly uxorious and wise ho declared his passion and proposed. pro-posed. Then she flung herself into his armJ. "Indeed' Indeed'" she panted "I am not worthy of ou." He experienced an air of relief. "That is just the point I am con- i cerned about," spake" ho; 'prithee, Jt tell me, deurost; just what yrru aro worth' tf( And she tumbled and did. M All was O. K. and they are mated j- The Narrator. ' .. ,. . . . |