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Show WAS AFTER A RECORD. Fair Damsel Wished to Remain Quiet for Five Minutes. The beautiful girl In tho parlor scene was strangely silent, "Ethel, dear," queried tho young man on the other end of tho sofa, bis volco quivering with tremulous pa thos, "have I offended you?" The maiden fair shook her head, but uttered never a word. 'Then," ho continued, "why don't )ou speak? You haven't uttered a word for nearl) three minutes " Still more silence on the part of the party of the feminine part. "Darling, he said, as lft placed his arm gently about the waist line ot her person, "1 cannot bear this strenuous stren-uous quiet. Answer me why don't you say something" ' Oh, George," sho exclaimed, as her head bargain counter pompadour and all dropped with a dull thud on tho solitary cigar In his upper vest pock et, ' It has ever been my ambition to accomplish something out of tho or dlnary something that would make me famous and now, Just as I was about to grasp fame right by tho back of the neck, )ou hutted In and snatched snatch-ed It from me I know I am only a weak woman, hut had you allowed me to remain silent for live consecutive minutes I would havo broken all previous pre-vious records "Cincinnati Inquirer. |
