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Show GETTING NERtfE. A View of the Itildal Chamber to U1t lllnj Courage. "Dot any bridal chambers here?" asketl a tall, awkward youn? man with an ancient carpctsack in oue hand, a frightened look on his face, a black slouch iiat ou his had, and -wearing1 a hand-me-down suit of faded brown, lie was from some interior town of Missouri. "Yes, sir; we have some very fine bridal chambers here,' replied Chief Clerk Cunningham. "Waal, I want ter look at 'em, fer I've pot to engage odo of 'em," said the stranger. "All right, just atop this way, please," said Mr. Cunning-ham, who called an assistant and gave the order: "Show this g-entleman the bridal chambers." The stranger investigated the bridal chambers for half an hour and then returned to the counter downstairs and said to Mr. Cunningham: "Gollyl those rooms air ez lovely er a paitur' lot in Paradise! Now, they air the fineBt you have, air tney?" "Yes, sir, they are the finest In the city, EDd are good enough for a millionaire mil-lionaire and his bride." "Waal, I'm much obliged fer all the trouble you've gone to. I'll b in next week, I s'pose, an' take one uv 'em," the Rtrangcr said, moving off. "Oh, you did not wiBh to engage a bridal chamber to-day?" said Mr. Cunningham, Cun-ningham, in surprise. The young stranger almost jumped out of his brogans. "(Joshamiyhty, mister!" he exclaimed, "I han't ast the gal yit. I'm jist a-doin' a-doin' this to get my nerve up o'b I can go back homo an' pop th' question to 'er." St. Louis Republic. . |