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Show A HARD-BOILED ROMANCE. Cupid Put In a Little Time Between the Seasons. Tho following bioij comes from Hazlcton, Pa.: "When Miss Emma Snyder of Littleton Lit-tleton wroto her nnmo and address on an egg which her father was shipping to markot sho confidently hoped that n romanco would bo hatched out In duo season, and hor hopo was not In vnln. A friendship directly resulting from this effort to poach on tho proserves of Daltlmoro girls has 'ripened Into love. "Tho egg also ripened In duo season, sea-son, after which It was brought forth In overdue season and served up at a Baltimoro restaurant table, soft-boiled. soft-boiled. "Whon ono Mr. Norwood, a commission commis-sion man, discovered tho egg nlong-sldo nlong-sldo his pinto ho was only amused. 'If,' ho declared, 'tho egg Itself was as fresh ns tho young womnn who wroto that I'd cat It, but I guess not. Tako It hack. Hut stay, let mo get that address ad-dress and I will sco whnt I can do.' "Then ho wroto to Miss Snyder and asked her how sho could do such a thing nnd at that tlmo of tho year. "Miss Snyder wroto back nnd tried to lay it on tho hen, and thus tho sholl of an acquaintance was broken and Mr. Norwood crossed tho stato lino to shako hands with his unknown correspondent. cor-respondent. He found hor good-looking, and also ho found that her father was well-to well-to do. This ho didn't wonder at. Any man ought to bo that could convert bad eggs Into good money. "He returned homo. They continued to correspond, and now thoy havo boon married. "Mr. Norwood was supposed to bo a confirmed bachelor; but what is a poor man to do when oven tho hons of Pennsylvania nro laying for him?" |