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The Tyrant Frog The Statesman and the Horse The Eligible Son-in-Law A TRULY Pious Person who conducted a savings bank and lent money to his sisters and his cousins and his aunts of both sexes, was approached by a Tatterdemalion, who applied for a loan of one hundred thousand dollars. “What security have you to offer?” asked the Truly Pious Person. “The best in the world,” the applicant replied, confidentially; “I am about to become your son-in-law.” “That would indeed be gilt-edged,” said the banker, gravely; “but what claim have you to the hand of my daughter?” “One that cannot be lightly denied,” said the Tatterdemalion. “I am about to become worth one hundred thousand dollars.” Unable to detect a weak point in this scheme of mutual advantage, the financier gave the promoter in disguise an order for the money, and wrote a note to his wife directing her to count out the girl. Contents The Tyrant Frog The Statesman and the Horse
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The Eligible Son-in-Law A TRULY Pious Person who conducted a savings bank and lent money to his sisters and his cousins and his aunts of both sexes, was approached by a Tatterdemalion, who applied for a loan of one hundred thousand dollars. “What security have you to offer?” asked the Truly Pious Person. “The best in the world,” the applicant replied, confidentially; “I am about to become your son-in-law.” “That would indeed be gilt-edged,” said the banker, gravely; “but what claim have you to the hand of my daughter?” “One that cannot be lightly denied,” said the Tatterdemalion. “I am about to become worth one hundred thousand dollars.” Unable to detect a weak point in this scheme of mutual advantage, the financier gave the promoter in disguise an order for the money, and wrote a note to his wife directing her to count out the girl.
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The Eligible Son-in-Law
A TRULY Pious Person who conducted a savings bank and lent money to his sisters and his cousins and his aunts of both sexes, was approached by a Tatterdemalion, who applied for a loan of one hundred thousand dollars.
“What security have you to offer?” asked the Truly Pious Person.
“The best in the world,” the applicant replied, confidentially; “I am about to become your son-in-law.”
“That would indeed be gilt-edged,” said the banker, gravely; “but what claim have you to the hand of my daughter?”
“One that cannot be lightly denied,” said the Tatterdemalion. “I am about to become worth one hundred thousand dollars.”
Unable to detect a weak point in this scheme of mutual advantage, the financier gave the promoter in disguise an order for the money, and wrote a note to his wife directing her to count out the girl.
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- Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Eligible Son-in-Law
TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Current Events This Week: January 2023
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Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Current Events This Week: January 2023
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Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
- Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
- The Twelve Dancing Princesses
- Current Events This Week: January 2023
- African Americans by the Numbers
- Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
- The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
