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Show DUSKY MONARCH "EASY MARK" Wiles of Beautiful Captive Proved Just the Thing When Emergency Emer-gency Came. The beautiful young captive retained her presence of mind, however, and when it came her turn to be taken, before the cannibal king, she marceled herself very carefully. "Ain't I sweet, though!" she exclaimed, ex-claimed, archly flirting her handkerchief handker-chief at the monarch. His majesty at once fell into the trap. "You're simply it!" he replied cordially. cor-dially. "Well, sweet things are terribly fattening." fat-tening." "Ah!" "O, terribly. And there's nothing so hopelessly out of it as to be fat, these days!" Whereupon the king was greatly shaken and commanded her instant release. re-lease. "People used to blame me because I knew I was pretty, but all the time I felt sure the knowledge would come handy some day!" commented the lovely creature, as she was led away. Puck. |