Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-11-11

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Not bis aAid Fanny. vnliauslY.
Stealing haa lire sch0olboy. and
Fomping Ike child demonstrated
Charity.
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sid lhe widow awhy should nh And
we're going = lhe haunted springs To-
i.sI1ou. and ] shall show him the rocky
e.sn. "oh. ean tell you. Charity. It's
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Fanny" said she. .a.you must leave
on flirting with Guy Esselmont r.
"Why :" said The widow.
Because you are poor and he Is rich;
and people are beginning to talk
"Let 'em talk. /" said Fanny. 1--WE
are TO be married next month, and then
We can set the whole world at defiance;
and, Charity" hiding her face on the
elder sisters shoulder.
"Wellr"
"TEe says be fen in love with me that
day he caught me, stealing his grapesl''
"HumPh!" said Miss Charity
"Well, you've stOiea hin rt, 50 ]
don't see but that your
DrD You Evs % ever see
bald-headed ma dat have such
''beauifuI hesa = oil; '.that fee
ver." or that somelhI her took
it Off
Did yon ever see an old Who
was not forever seeking iCs marriage
infelicities. to.recOnciIe hiEklf to his
own lonely lOti
Did you ever think how much the
great epic poets have to be thankful for
tothose who have taken the trouble to
separate the gold from the dross Of their
writingsi
Did you ever know an Irishman who
didn't thoroughly understand the mys-
teries Of "Forty-foivesf' -
Did you ever know q German who
did not contnve tOend every other SEN
tence with an "alreadys"
Did you ever see asmall boy so owant-
ing in spirit that one diurnal doubling
up throughout the summer could effect
q radical cure in his immature-fruit eat
ing proclivitiess
Did YOU ever see a young lady who
wouldn't ratherhea her husband praised
by lady in the next town than by the
lady in the next housel
Did you ever know a man who hab-
itually tells all he knows. who dad not
everlastIngly repeat himselfs
Did you ever know a man who talked
much Of himself who dad not have a
poor subject for conversation
Did you ever know a fool who was
aware that he was fools
Did you ever think you might be thrs
oblivious as to yourselfi
Did you ever see another do the same
thing three times without thinking that
you could do Il much betters
/. Did you ever know swindled man
whose hurts were not partially healed
hearing Of another man being swindled
in like manners
Did you ever know . young lady with
q new and neatly fitting waist who
thought the weather was cold enough
fora wraPa
Did you ever see man with large feet
who did not declare that his boots were
two sizes too blg-tkat he likes them
easy. you knowi
Did you ever think that men are the
biggest fnOls in creation. and that the
women enjoy fun Of letting them re-
main unconscious Of itf
Did you ever see young man who
carried cane who would not repel the
insinuatlon Of lamenesss
Did you ever see a drinker or .
smoker who couldn't leaEe of at any
time, ifhe only wanted tos
Did you ever think what horrId chill
dren good people haves
Did you ever think what horrid chill
dren these good OpIe'sParents prOba-
bly, had. the good peoples stories to the
contrary nOtwithsisndings
Did yor ever feel unkindly TOW ard the
shopman who asks. ellis there hsny-
thing helse, mum ~
Did you ever lose your temper but
you Ielt lonesome without it,
Did yon ever feel like immolsiing the
shopkeeper whose free nss Of your
name made that name seem hateful and
odious to yous
Did you ever Think
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