Why lie Was Happy.
He was a bald-headed bachelor, whose heart for the first time had been moved by the tender passion "Then . jou confess," he said in a trembling voice to the object of his regards, "that you like roe a little — that you admire certain qualities of my head?" "Yes." shyly responded the young lady. "And may I a3k." he continued, in a tone of emotion, ''what those qualities are"
"'I can hardly explain," said the young lady bashfully, "but I think it is becaiise your head is so mellifluent. I can't express it rrcre clearly."
'"Ann you can never know how T appreciate youi" high opinion," exclaimed the happ? bachelor, as he preyed her tsn<3. He didn't know just what '• mellifluent meant, but he was sure it was the synonym for something grand and ennobling, and when he bade her good-night he rushed eagerly home, excitedly took down the dictionary, and turned feverishly to the endeared word. His blood changed to ice a" he read — "smooth, soft, mellow."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2817, 4 March 1908, Page 87
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171Why lie Was Happy. Otago Witness, Issue 2817, 4 March 1908, Page 87
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