Caricature; wit and humor of a nation in picture, song and story . very anxious for a diamond necklace she-^she saw in aj-jewelry store the other d-day, sir. Humph! I told Maude when she was howlingaround here for you a couple of years ago that shed getno more presents out of me. Well, what about the neck-lace, anyway? I—I thought that we—we might get it for her, sir. We! thundered old Moneybags, in a way that liftedthe son-in-law off his feet. Y-yes, sir. The necklace is—is only ten thousanddollars, sir, and I can spare five dollars toward it. For a few moments the billionaire did not
Caricature; wit and humor of a nation in picture, song and story . very anxious for a diamond necklace she-^she saw in aj-jewelry store the other d-day, sir. Humph! I told Maude when she was howlingaround here for you a couple of years ago that shed getno more presents out of me. Well, what about the neck-lace, anyway? I—I thought that we—we might get it for her, sir. We! thundered old Moneybags, in a way that liftedthe son-in-law off his feet. Y-yes, sir. The necklace is—is only ten thousanddollars, sir, and I can spare five dollars toward it. For a few moments the billionaire did not he burst out into a roar of laughter that fairlyshook the house, and as he laid his paper aside andreached for his check-book, he chuckled, My boy, when Maude set her heart on you I calledher an idiot and said she hadnt brains enough to lasther over night; but I take it all back. She did seesomething in you, after all. Why, with your cast-ironnerve, its dollars to doughnuts that youll some day bea billionaire yourself, and a credit to thefamily. Heres
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