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Show Mystifies Cupid With Request for Life-Time Warrant A mlridlc-itred colored man auDtered Into the county clerk's office this morning and was fa :ed over the cqunter hy Deputy Clerk TVHIford J- Yount: In a confidential whisper, the visitor said he had come to procure pro-cure "a life-time warrant." "A What?" queried the mystified mysti-fied clerk. 'A life-time, warrant which moans a life-time payment, or what some folks call a marriage license." "Oh!" The clerk looked around for the. lady, but ir vain. "Where I- the woman vou want to marry f" be ,-13ked "She's home, but she s willing " "But U is necessary that she be here to swear to the license un- der the law. the , fork explained. The colored m in moved toward the door "You wall right here," he cautioned ch i Lerk, Til fetch her ", |