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Show A Ruined .Romance. (Chicago Post.) "So her romance was spoiled?" "Well, rather. She knew he was a good swimmer, so she purposely fell out of tht boat, but he never even made a pretense of jumping after her." "Was the coward going to let her drown?" "Oh. no. He just called out:'Stnd up and wade ashore. The water's only three feet deeD here and there's no use getting the boat wet.' So she had to do it, and you know what a fright a drenched girl is. of course.' He told' her it made him laugh. Oh. she doesn't care for romance anv.more." . |