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Show HAD ALL THE BEST OF IT Wlaa Girl Selected for Husband Man Who Had Both Seasons for Garnering Wealth, "Daughter." aald the aoxloua father to tha eldest daughter of a brood of seven, "your mother tells ma that you have had a proposal." "Yea, father, I have," demurely replied re-plied tha young woman. "la fact, 1 have received several." "I hear the Ice man proposed to you?" "Ha did." "And you accepted him, of course?" "I did not." "Unwise child! Think of the money . be coins every summer!" "The plumber also proposed." "Ah! That ta better. A man of untold wealth garnered every winter. Beyond doubt you told him 'yea!'" "No, father.' "Wha-a a-t? Do you mean to tell me you let so golden an opportunity 1 slip by ungraspedf "Yes, father. You see, I accepted a man who sella lea In aummer and la a plumber in winter." "Ah, daughter! Fly to my arms! i You make me weep with pride!" |