FIN DE SIECLE TESTS.
' Sweetness and amiability of temper aw two traits that I most emphatically demand in your future wife," Baid the wise old mother, with a tightening of her lips. " I am sore my Jane is the very personification of both." rather haughtily replied the son, with a toss of his fair baad. " Bat do yoa know it ?" insisted the mother, with vehemence. " Hare you seen her under circumstances that try the souls of women ? Did you ever see this irirl break a suspender button f " I have, and she only smiled." " Did you over see her standing in line at a ticket window while men calmly pushed in ahead and purchased without waiting their turn t" " Many a time, and she but laughed and murmured, * A man'B way •' " ■ " Have you ever kept her waiting when you were going out anywhere V' "Indeed 1 have, and she didn't say a word." " H'm-m " muttered the mother, " extraordinary! I guess you've made a good choice, and—bat wait, one more question. Have yon ever seen her, or rather have you ever ueard her, when the steak was burned ?" The youth's face paled—bis eyeß tilled With tears and furtive dread. " N- no J" he faltered; "n-n-nol" u Wait awhile,' said the mother.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXV, Issue 1942, 19 June 1905, Page 7
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210FIN DE SIECLE TESTS. Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXV, Issue 1942, 19 June 1905, Page 7
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