Life — July 10, 1913 — page 41: what you’re looking at

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Saved “you are thinking of marrying my daughter?” The elderly man who had just en- tered the private office leaned toward his younger companion confidently. “That is my intention, sir.” “Then I thought it was nothing more than right for me to drop in and give you the facts. I am a man of honor, sir. To get down to business, my daughter is not what you think she is!” “You astonish me!” “And yet, sir, it is quite simple if you will consider it for a moment. I am an older man than you, and I feel that, before you take this irrev- ocable step, it is nothing more than fair that you should know the truth. My daughter’s beauty has attracted you.” “More than that, sir; she is charm- ‘ou have been deceived. She ap- pears charming to you because she is a woman, and, being a woman, she is actress enough to conceal her faults.” “We all are mortal. I’m not per- fect myself.” “But my daughter, sir, has, I regret to say, tendencies which may make it very hard for you to get along with her. 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