Life — June 18, 1903 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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New YORK cuicaco His Faithless Legs. “HAT’S a fine pair of legs you have there,” I said, as we lolled on the sands after our bath. Dick eyed them gloomily. “ They’re not,” he denied, savagely. ‘*They went back on me in the most important crisis of my life. I'd rather wear wooden ones, These are unfaithful and treacherous. Why, they cost me several million dollars only last winter.” **You must have had them made to order.” “Nop. Came with the rest of the outfit.” “What makes them so expensive then?” “They broke my engagement with Miss Gott- roks, old Gottroks’, the millionaire’s, daughter.” “She a connoisseur in legs?” “Not that I know of.” “ What was the matter with them then?” ‘Well, you know how stout she is—weighs close on to two hundred, I reckon.” “You needn't belittle her now.” ‘Well, maybe it is more. But anyhow, while we were engaged she liked to sit on my lap once in awhile.” “Of course.” “ Her weight told.” “T should think likely. “Yes, I used to stand it as long as I could, and then, when I positively could not stand the torture any longer, when every muscle and bone and nerve in them was shrieking for relief, I'd make some excuse and rest up a bit. My favor- ite was wanting a drink of water, though I used to pretend I heard somebody coming as often as I dared to, but a man can't drink up all the water the water company, with mistaken liberali- ty, furnishes in one evening, and along about going home time my sufferings were something awful; and she’s sensitive about her size. You can’t imagine, and I can’t describe, what agony, both physical and mental, I endured for that girl. often got up to go without the slightest control of my legs, and feeling as though from my hips down I was wading through a lake of liquid fire, and I was afraid all the time that some day they'd never get over it. I used to have them massaged every morning to help them recuper- ate, And then they went back on me. All those torments were suffered for nothing. Just on their account I hurt her feelings, after all, and she won't even speak to me any more. Confound "em for legs, anyhow.” “* Whatdid you do ? Recommend some kind of anti-fat or obesity pills?” “Nop. Neither did I yell, ‘Fatty ! Fatty ! Fatty !’ when I met her on the Avenue.” “Well, after standing all you did, I'd have stuck it out a little longer.” “T meant to. Oh, I meant to,” asseverated Dick fervently. ‘‘ But these faithless legs threw me down. 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