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Show "COUNT" TOO ABSENT MINDED Principal Reason Why One International Interna-tional Marriage Was Permanently Called Off. Henry P. Davison of tho Morgan banking firm waB talking about international inter-national marriages: "Well." ho said, "I know of ono in-tcrnatlonal in-tcrnatlonal marrlago that failed, thank coodncss. to como off. Tho girl wns tho daughter of a Paint Itock millionaire. Tho man wns a count, a Spanish count. "Tho count was absent minded. That was his undoing, Tho girl's father gave a dinner for him In the Paint Rock castlo overlooking Paint Hock, and nt tho dinner's end tho count got up to light a cigarette, and then, by Jovo, started to removo the plates. "Tho guests watched him In nn open-mouthed silence. Ills napkin slung ovor his arm, ho had got nearly all tho plates removed when, his millionaire mil-lionaire host said to him gently: "'Wake up, Georgo. You'ro not waiting In tho beanory now, you know. You'ro pretending you're a count in Paint Rock. Wake up, man, for gracious sake!'" |