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Show HAD ALL THE BEST OF IT I Wise Girl Selected for Husband Man Who Had Both Seasons for Garnering Wealth. "Daughter," said the anxious father to the eldest daughter of a brood of ; -i seven, "your mother tells me that ; you have had a proposal." "Yes, father, I have," demurely replied re-plied the young woman. "In fact, 1 have received several." "I hear the ice man proposed to you?" "He did." "And you accepted him, of course?" "I did not." "Unwise child! Think of the money he coins every summer!" "The plumber also proposed." "Ah! That is better. A man of untold wealth garnered every winter. Beyond doubt you told him 'yes!'" . "No, father.' "WhWa-t? Do you mean to tell "me you let so golden an opportunity slip by ungrasped?" "Yes, father. You see, I accepted a man who sells ice in summer and is a plumber in winter." "Ah. daughter! Fly to my arms! You make me weep with pride!" |