“Miss M , may I ask you a very
important question?’’ said a bashful
young man to a young lady to whom
he had been paying attention for
some time, and he spoke in the most
uneasy, sepulchral voice imaginable.
“Why,” said the young lady, some
what startled at the solemn turn of
affairs. “I don’t know that there
would be any serious objection if you
have an important question to ask.”
“Well,” drawing a little closer, and
in a more confidential whisper, “do
you think this a propitious time?”
“There’s no one near to hinder that I
see,” was the coquettish answer as
the young lady glanced about the
room. “And do you—do you think
that—that you could grant the re
quest?” “Why, really, Mr. , how
can you expect me to answer before ’I
know the “Yes—true—
really—well I—well ” “well,
what?” with just the slightest im
patience in her voice. “Well, you
see. I had been thinking for some
time that if—if there was really no
objection, I would like to ask you
with what—what sort of powder you
clean your teeth? I had noticed how
nicely ” but the slamming of a
door as the young lady left the room
broke short the sentence, and, after
waiting her .return for fifteen min
utes, he took his hat and in mild sur
prise wandered homeward. The next
day he told his most .intimate friend
that Miss. M.-—— was “a little off”
the night before, but he couldn’t
think of anything he had said or done
to offend her.
An Animal 100 Feet Long.
The Portland Natural History So
ciety held a meeting the other evening,
to talk over the discovery of bones
upon Ragged Island, about four miles
east of Orr’s and Bailey’s Islands.
