Fun. Adolphus' Love.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1985, 28 March 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)

Fun.

Adolphus' Love.

A wu was a guest at a marriage breakfast. "It is strange," said some one to him, " the bridegroom never opens his mouth excopt when he is eating 1" The wit, discreetly : " Oh, jou ccc, great sorrows are alwayi silent !"

The father of a family who has a marriageable daughter, makes inquiries as to the prospects of % young man from one of his intimate friends, who thus responds: " Oh ! certainly, he is a young fellow *ko will make his way in the world——if lM ii not hanged in the meantime !"

Little boy —" Please, I want the dootor to come and see mother." Servant —" Doctor's out. Where do yon come from? " Little boy—" What 1 don't you know me ? Why, we deal with you. We had a baby from here last week I "

" Araminta 1 " he exclaimed, " I love you dearly, devotedly. I love you with unspeakable fervor. Do not turn your sweet face aside, dearest, but speak to me the one word which shall make me supremely happy. Tell me that my love is returned." Araminta looked into his faoe with a frankness that filled Adolphus' heart with a comforting reit, a reassuring hope. " You tell me you love me, Dolly,'' she began, " and you ask me to return that love. I do, I do return it. I've no use for it." The word had been spoken, tha die was cast, the verdiot had been pronounced, the fiat had gone forth. And Adolphus went out into the silent night, and Araminta want to bed. — Boston Transcript. 407.