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Show THE FATE OF THE PRETENDER. Daisy Dreameyes was full of poetry and loved to air her wide reading among her friends. When the ardent young Diddccash called on her she kept him in the drawing room the whole evening and forced him to talk about books or which he knew absolutely nothing. However, a native wit enabled him to steer clear of disaster and he had skillfully evaded all whirlpools and submerged rocks until she suddenly fired at him the question r "Of course you've read 'Romeo' and Juliet?'" "Well er I've read Romeo, but I've only just glanced at one or two things of JuJIet's. They're always out when I try to get 'em at tho library." lib-rary." Chicago News. |