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you any children? And do you think your dresses would fit
me ?
M rs, G. (haughtily).— Really, I do not quite follow you, but my
requirements and perquisites are easily made known. I have chil­
dren. T pay five dollars a week. 1 expect my cook to work six
days and her presence every evening, or seven days and three evenings
out. T keep no men-servants, and I do not furnish amusement, except
reading matter, but I try—
Maud.— That’s enough. You needn’t sav anv more. I shouldn’t
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think of your offer for an instant. Mrs. G., you are not tony enough
for cue. I wouldn't have young 'uns around me, you better believe,
and I couldn’t think of stopping in such a meagre establishment I
am accustomed to such very different circumstances. I couldn’t exist
here.
G. {with no effort to restrain her righteous indignation).— T
should not think: of asking yoit to exist here. You would not suit me
under any conditions. Permit me to bid you good afternoon. Nancyr
show this young woman the door.
Maud {flirting out).— -I should think not, 1 atn used to better things.
Mrs. G.-— Well, mother, I have had enough for one day. We will
tell Nancy to admit no more. I shall tie up my head in a wet towel
and take a sleeping powder, and try to recover my senses. This is
altogether too much for mo !

TH E E X CITEM EN T A T K E T T L E VILI-E,
C haracters,
B od icin s— late in the employ of Messrs. Flimsy & Gauze.
Dm :o— a Young Man about town, famous in private tkeafrica1'
T jxctuke— a Man with a Diploma.
Mo per— -a Disappointed Candidate.
P o n d e r— a Man who thinks before he speaks.
T ommy-—a Youthful Biil-stkker.
Miss H a v er w a y— a Popular Young Lecturer.