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Show NOT MUCH OF ROMANCE THERE. Wooing and Wedding of an Indian, as Dickens Saw It. If an Indian wants a wife, ho appears ap-pears beforo tho kennel of the gentleman gentle-man whom lie lias selected as ills fathcr-ln-law, ntteuded by n party of malo friends of u very strong flnvor, who screech nnd whistle and stnmp an offer of so many cows for tho lady's hand, wrote Charles Dickens. The chosen father-in-law, also supported support-ed by a high-flavored party of malo friends, screeches, whistles and yolls (being seated on the ground ho can't stnmp) ihat tliero never was such a ' daughter on tho market as his daugh- ter and that he must havo six more , cows. The son-in-law and his select circle of backers Bcreech, whistle, ' Btamp nnd yell In reply thnt thoy will ! givo three more cows. Tho fathor-n- I law (an old deludor, overpaid at tho beginning) acceptB four and rises to ' bind tho bargain. Tho whole party, the young lady In eluded, then fall into epileptic con- I vulslous, screeching, whistling, stamping stamp-ing and yelling together. The noblo savage Is considered married, and hla friends make demoniacal leaps at him, by way of congratulation. |