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Show PAPA'S POSITION SET FORTH Explanation of Youthful Suitor That Doubtless Satisfied Father of His Adored One. "Yes, sir," said the! pale youthful suitor; "I've come to ask you for your daughter's hand. She is fair as lilies, lil-ies, sweet as honeysuckle, tender as violet, charming " "Is that Mary you are talking about?" asked papa. "Yes, sir. It is a mere formality, I know, this asking for your daughter's hand; but we thought it would be pleasant to you if it were observed." Mary's papa stiffened. "And may I inquire," he asked, "who suggested that asking my consent con-sent to Mary's marriige was a mere formality?" "You may, sir," replied the young man, simply. "It was Mary's mother." Philadelphia Inquirer. |