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Show THREE WORDS WERE FATEFUL Short Sentence Responsible for Fact That This Man Was Not in the Millionaire Class. Heard at the dance: "Sec the woman over there?" "Yes ; what about her?" "Well, If It hadn't been for three words she spoke about ten years ago I should now be as rich as Croesus." "Delightful situation. Go ahead with the tale." "Well, her father owned two coal mines, and her family were absolutely rolling in wealth. And, with all her riches, she was mean enough to deprive de-prive me of my chances of making over a million at one blow." "Well, what is the rest of the story? What were the all-important three words?" "Why, I was going to marry her, and then all her riches would have been mine, but " "But what?" "But when I asked her to be mine she said : 'Xo, you fool !' " Houston Post. |