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Show t A SOFT-HEARTED SAKER. I Auumid Won of Actraea Too Much I for Hs Composure. Recently a new play t aa performed j ' In Prague, tho prliirlpnl character! In which are a beautiful young lady and I brllllaht youn; ol!l or.but aro unahls tn marry because thev aro aa pwir am church mice. True, the young laly baa a very rich uncle, frnni whom aim hopa to obtain ail. but she very soon discovers that ho la an arrant miser and wtll not give her a farthing. Tho woes of tho lovers touched the hearts of many In the audience, hut only one person proved really equal tn the occasion. This was o worthy and wealthy hakT, who had actually been moved to tcara by the illitrosttng " acenoe on tin- stage. At last hi hcari overflowed, and the moment the rich uncle vanished with a hitter sneer at I hla niece a fully on his Hps. he rushed from hla Beat to the footlights, ami. taking a well filled puiae from hla pocket, handed It to thu astonished bornlno, aaylng: "Urre. take this you'll find a good dowry In It and have nothing more to do with that wretched miser." Krery one In the theater roared at the good fellow's altnphclty and gen-1 gen-1 eroalty, hut he could not see that he had done anything unusual, and, aa he refuaed to take hack the purwo, the heroine, with a aintle. laid It on a table, and the play went on. |