Life — July 14, 1887 — page 7: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

“IS 1T WRONG TO FREL PLEASED WHEN A GENTLEMAN TELLS ME IT AM PRETTY?” You SHOULD NEVER ENCOURAGE ANY ONE TO TELL A FALSEHOOD,” HOW THE ENGAGEMENT CLOSED. OBINSON : Hallo, old boy ! how are you? Jones: First rate. You well? Rontxson: Thanks; quite! By the way, I heard you were en- gaged to Miss Bondclipper. Joxes: No, Robinson; I was engaged to her, but that is past. Ronixson: Well, Jones, between you and me, now, you are a lucky boy. She's rich, of course, but that is all she has to recommend her. Jones: Yes. Ropixsox: And then her money is really only prospective, you know. Her father might lose it all in a pork deal, or in an unwise flyer in stocks, before the daughter got to handle it, Jones: That is true. Rowinson : Well, that s the way I look at it. her myself. Jones : You could? Roptnson : It’s a fact ; but I counted the cost and drew out just in time. Fortunate, wasn't it ? Jones: Very. Glad to see you. T could have married Rovinson : But tell me how you managed to break the engage- ment, Mine hadn't quite gone that far. Jones: I didn’t break it. ROnINSON : Oh, she did it herself, did she? But perhaps I ought hot to say anything about it. I supposed, of course, you broke it yourself, as she was so anxious to marry, and everybody knows that. Joxes: Oh, you needn't apologize. about it. Ropixson: That's good, I like to see a man keep a stiff upper lip. Might T enquire what made her break it? Joxts: Oh, she didn’t break it, either. Roninson: Well, that’s strange. Then it must have been her father. Jones: No; he had no objection, Roptnson: Then how did you manage to get out of the engage- ment? Jones: I married her last week. ROBINSON (with a gasp): Ab-b-h! now. Good-bye! Jones: Good-bye, I'm not worrying at all Well, I must really be going comicbooks.com