V.

"I have a bundle in the bank," said Charles, as on his knee he sank,

"and all of it is yours to blow, so let us to the altar go."

"I've learned some things," said L. P. Brown, "and now I would not turn

you down if you were busted flat, my dear; I've learned that love's the

one thing here that's worth a continental dam*; you ask for me--well,

here I am!"

* Dam--A former copper coin.--Dictionary.