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Show For Her Father's Sake. "I want to have an understanding with you," said the outspoken old man when the expert in voice culture had asked him to sit down. "I want you to tell me the truth about my daughter's daugh-ter's voice." "My dear sir, don't ask me to do that. It is too painful." "What! Do you dare to look me in the face and insinuate that she is never likely to be able to sing?" "I am very sorry, sir, but if you will compel me to speak the truth, it is as you say." "Then why the devil have you been letting her come here for two years and hand you my good money In return re-turn for your lessons?" "Because I have wished to serve you, sir. Whenever I tell young ladies they can't sing they go to a teacher on the floor below, and he charges 50 cents a lesson more than I get. You can figure for yourself what I have saved you on three lessons a week for two years." |