The father of a certain charming girl is well known in this town as "a
very tight old gentleman." When dad recently received a young man, who
for some time had been "paying attention" to the daughter, it was the
old gentleman who made the first observation:
"Huh! So you want to marry my daughter, eh?"
"Yes, sir; very much, indeed."
"Um--let me see. Can you support her in the style to which she has been
accustomed?"
"I can, sir," said the young man, "but I am not mean enough to do it."