He Could Get Married.

Manawatu Herald, 9 August 1898, Page 4

He Could Get Married.

A young colored girl of Philado? phia thus told her grievance to the court the other day : ' 'Mah name's Virginy Georgy Luzby, but I has hopes ob hit bein changed, an dats wot I'ze hyar fo' ter kick erbout." "Never mind that," interrupted the magistrate, "go on with your Btory." "Well," continued the girl, "dis hyar niggah hez bin a-keepin oump'ny wif me fo' nigh onter six months, an he bin powerful sugary an lobin fo' quite a spell. He's a janitah in & skule an kinder high inflooenced in grammah. Well, he promised fo' ter marry me jes' ez soon ez he could affchd hit. He kin affohd hit now, ,but he woan'." "How do you know he cak afford to marry you?" asked the judge. "How d' I know I how d' I know!" cried the girl. "Why, hit on'y tecks 50 cents fur A license, an I seen him flashin a dolUfc htrse night; dats how I know."-

H« Caught On. They were riding out in the suburbshe the bashful youth and she the fair maiden who had been out riding before. She fidgeted awhile and then said, "Oh, Charley, I'm so afraid I will fall out." "No danger. The road is as level ns a floor." "That may be, but I feel all the time just a 9 though I would go overboard." Then she let out a timid little scream, And ho grasped her firmly and said: "Don't tumble. I'll hold you." "There," she said, "you took a tumble at last, but I had to threaten to take one myself before you caught on." And after that she was held as securely as though tied to^the seat with the hitching etrap.- ~~~'. ■.""** " .' "_ ■"