Good Stories from the Ladies' Home Journal by Various
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page 65 of 149 (43%)
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"Of course I'll dance with you, but, if you don't mind, won't you
please use your handkerchief?" The man looked at her blankly a moment or two. Then a light broke over his face. "Why, certainly," he said. And he pulled out his handkerchief and blew his nose. _Not All the Time, But_---- A man saw a waiter in a restaurant spill a tureen of tomato soup over a young lady's white gown. The young lady, instead of flying into a passion, smiled. She said it didn't matter. She continued to eat and to talk as though nothing had happened. This so impressed the man that he got an introduction to the young lady, proposed to her at the end of a month or so, and was accepted. Some time after the marriage he spoke of the tomato-soup accident. "I shall never forget it," said the bride. "Your conduct," said the man, "was admirable." |
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