Life — June 20, 1895 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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

‘YOU DO NOT LIKE ANY OF THOSE PATTERNS, LADIES? HERE IS ONE THAT MAY PLEASE YoU.” JUST THE THING. HEN I proposed she did not blush, She simply shook her head, and yet And not one word she said. No man in all the town The maiden did not tell me yes— Could be more pleased than I was, for She simply shook her head. She shook it up and down, THE STUMBLING-BLOCK. 6€ (HE manner in which my father-in-law has treated me,” said the Count, “is shameful. He has allowed my debts to accumulate ; my monthly remittances have fallen into arrears ; he has left me penniless.” “ But,” said the lawyer, “ that is not sufficient ground for divorce.” “T don't want a divorce,” said the Count.“ But can’t I sue my father- in-law for damages? Has he not violated an implied contract?” “Oh! yes,” replied the lawyer.“ You can prove cruelty and abandon- A ment and non-support.” GF VSM “ You see no obstacle, then, to commencing such an action at once?” AN ELOPEMENT. “ None—except that my retainer is payable in advance.” HOW DIFFERENTLY WE DO IT NOWADAYS! But the Count strode haughtily from the room. comicbooks.com