The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-16
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10y ''as Mortimer l....,
.s... ., POOR GLADYS.
saxes aiike. Giadysl.
you, , . ss ns, friend. why soa ~ =, a.
'VII sxirti Don't you mo- soa III Z
know Win cob u ~ nir,,,'
about - ~, my socks M yozs =,
' my ankles. and j juss slippsi III
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A, NEEDING DouoH
An think old loves n
: have roamed meath .I,. .' 's
Saye ouaffed my ali or r,.. 1ss
7 bns deep In beauty's .AsurA
e eourted many naids,us
Rnt Iaoetn and Sue and Fla.'
To-, lever TAILED to WIN ~
uSe needed edousS.
But ! know a wlnsoma ~,
Whom no thoughts os sleen,
ana my thoughts ny swi at.snes sny:
BACK TO where used - oeiose M
anu ner bright eyes cali nv piV;
Meii sac loves me-tbat ~ M
And III find her In her /. knosi
:" tue ki'cnen knead.ng dou rsas
v v
NOT A BULL.
maria gasped Mr.. Hepns..
!, Yer nan secured the strangIs nj, ~ y
IL we are ever going 10 n.y. lold Y o..
pay Weli have to separats,iSs wts'asf al
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DIFFERENT.
Jones-A-hh. Dinky. who va, ".
saw YOU with last night, S ~
Dinky und,gnantly)-Dot Va.
DOT vas my viie ~ ~ h.y|
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A LA TANTALus
ono night recently In a CROWDS "a
! saw a young man and his 49,. l ''al
separation OF perhaps ten m,nnss'' Ntsi d
another eifusively. The va,,ns KS al
lali, clean limbed, br.ghl-svas @aa W Il
MAJ around whose well sbansa iolls l;sI
lereo profusion OF dark epr,s vi 60
Was petite and of real bsauv 'as 'xa|
me osculatory exercises were !,
mas'on, wholly uncailed for, ana VI
mon , Win the balance OF the com,ss. y W. r.
nvu ue, iert very much as II i had X, e
S SSiieu lhto the purchase Of rois III Z. :
mere were many winsome ms,Ssar. ~ ~. III
VINO. though they would Derhass pissi
inlputaton, | feel SATISFIED wayI5 ,hs sA n
happy 10 have taken the sister, r a-N ~
as LOT the young man, they looked nj. =
tUDleau nungrliy. myself. fesh's ~ y. y
81 years as am, had Beauty's v,tes. .s y
put been puckered and pointed nv ~. n
wlnnlngiy. TO win to them would ~, ~
sayed a cake walk or a rotten n,s NJ =
the Internal regions. pau "a
n KISS between brother and sste, 1, !.
oraw poker played for fun; h ID NJ = !, y
mo game was invented for. Il i =
cuct.Ve neither OF profit nor Of p,,w,i Z
sns participants, and is wearirsss d 1.
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FOlLED.
Nothing was to be heard IN II. NM.
darkness OF the chamber but the rbv,5- !,
breathing OF tho sleeper. But. harii N,
the doorknob turns and noiseless.y Il, ~.
al swings aiar. After moment N i.',.
silence narrow shaft OF ghl frc,p X, 4,
truder's lantern pierces the darkoss (
rests for moment on generous sre X,
CT shoes across the tops Of which Il IA.
gently draped pair OF silken socss
Great skates!" mutters the barg,r i
can't stand for takin' chances with Is II
with feet like that"
Dear me- murmurs the Chicago III
drowsily. as the intruder 10 absorbed i
The outer darkness. II must have ",
dreaming-but l was sure heard lsA
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AN AUTHENTIC CASE.
Mrs. Youngwife-Doctor, do you rca5
think there is such u thing as pfenal u
fuence?
Tho Doctor-Certainly, no doubt 81 4
recall case that came under my ptscil
observation. Several months ago one II n
lady patients. While out with ttnpii
party. was terribly frightened BY VI:
Recently when little boy came 70 aa
that household 1t was noticed that W
born with bare feet."
Mrs. YoungwIfe-oh, the poor little ~
ling!