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Show WANTED TO MAURY. THE DOY IS ONLY 8EVBN, WOULD- UD WIFE SIX. tnanaeat on lUrpnl Had llean NNrrf-lirarta NNrrf-lirarta I nr sine Ttiry loalil Toddle anil ltrrldr.1 It Una Tin,. Ikry tliuuld Harry. U Claude llcck, aged 7 years, ot SSU Wj omlne street, and little Mln (I race II Frj, aged C years, of 4I0M Market street, applied to Clerk Augustus rule) ru-le) Thursday fur n marriage license ii)i n Bt. lout paper Iho austere and unsjmpathetlc clerk declined to Issuo the document, but he couldn t prevent them from establishing a record rec-ord as tho youngest couple that ever made n formal application to the lo corder of deeds of 8t IaiuIs for permission per-mission to wed Claude and (trace havo been playmates since they were otd enough to walk. Their parents are friends, and the earliest memory of the children Is of days spent In playing housekeeping and other games In which children delight. In all these sports Claude assumed the rote of lover and said aweet things and Imagined Im-agined he performed noh'o deeds for Grace, who was his conlvited little sweetheart This arrangement at play pleased Claude ao well that he vowed he would have no wife but (lrace. and ho asked her to promise to marry him when they wero old enough to gel a marriage license (Iraro was willing and said only Claude could have her heart and hand The babies Informed their parenta ot their childish betrothal, be-trothal, and were much ihagrlned when their papas and mammas declared de-clared It to bo a great Joke and laughed heartily at them "We II fool them," said Claude "(lrace will havo no sweetheart but me, and I will havo no sweetheart but her, and we'll marry Maybe they'll think then wo are not Joking " Claude and draco were not bashful about acknowledging their "engagement," and It waa soon a subject sub-ject ot much amusement among the friends ot their families Claude dressed himself In his best suit ot clothes Thursday and went to (lrace a home to spend the day Bhe know ho wax coming and was wearing her prettiest pret-tiest drc lu honor of the occasion He saluted her with a kite and they were soon romping and playing about the yard They discussed tho kind ot home they would llto In when they wero married nnd criticised the arrangement ar-rangement of tho furniture In draco's home. Suddenly Claude declared I' waa high tlmo they be married. "1 think wc am plinty old enough, and I am tired of walling 1 want u borne of my uwif, where. I can do at I want to, and I want ..ou to llvo with me Can't we bo married today?" Grace tald ahe thought she waa old enough a daavA m aV w kua. UlauAoMvwaa Bhe wauled to marry, too. Just then Thomas Hand, a friend of tho family, walked Into the house and Inquired about their lot o affairs They told him they had Just decided to be married, but didn't know what lo do, Mr Hand said ho wuutd help them, and re quested them to take a walk with, him He led them to the court house and presented them to his friends aa the youngcet couplo that eier visited tno marrlagc-llccusa bureau on business purposes Each woro a rosette, furnished fur-nished by Hand. The boy explained hla errand, and Cut I'llley, with a solemn sol-emn look on his countenance, drew toard him a block of application blauka, and began to ask tho usual qucallons. The boy gave the uecessary answers that he arid Grace were "single "sin-gle and unmsrrled," and were not re lated " He Iheu signed the application In a large band, pecullvr to one who lias Just learned how to form letters In writing The writing was very plain and unusually good for a boy of his age. Grace was not nblo to write her name, and her Intended husband signed for her Fllley omitted the preliminary In regard to collecting II. and Informed the couplo that that was all that was necessary "You mutt koeji that, mister mis-ter " said Claude, as he and his flunceo wero about to leave, "until I am 21 jeara old, and then I will come and get it and we will be married " They smiled as they went home and chuckled In gleo as they contemplated the aurprlse which they would cause In their respective homes "I am glad wo arc to be married," said Claude "Grace It a good little woman, and I like her. Bhe has a nice little piano and a stove, and I think wo can do housekeeping If they will let us" Orace was too modest to say anything "Did you go on a wedding tour?" she was asked Bhe nodded her head In assent "Where did jou go?" "To the drug store," "What did you got there soda water?" "No, we got Ico cream" Oraco Is a pretty child, aiM fids the dignity of her position |