He returned home completely out of
patience with the whole tribe of women.
After he had been tucked into bed mother came in to kiss him
good-night.
He refused.
Mother begged and begged, till in disgust he turned to his father, who
was standing at the doorway, looking on, and said:
"Daddy, for heaven's sake, give this woman a kiss!"
People who throw kisses are mighty near hopelessly lazy.
"If you kiss me again," declared Miss Lovely firmly, "I shall tell
father."
"That's an old tale," replied the bold, bad young man. "Anyhow, it's
worth it," and he kissed her.
Miss Lovely sprang to her feet. "I shall tell father," she said and
left the room.
"Father," she said softly to her parent when she got outside, "Mr.
Bolder wants to see your new gun."
"All right, I'll take it to him," said her father, and two minutes
later he appeared in the doorway with his gun in his hand.
There was a crash of breaking glass as Mr. Bolder dived through the
window and departed in all haste for the railway station.--_Judge_.
Before introducing Lieutenant de Tessan, aid to General Joffre, and
Colonel Fabry, the "Blue Devil of France," Chairman Spencer, of the
St. Louis entertainment committee, at the M.
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