Excerpt from Life's Fairy Tales

But she is a guest, replied Jon, and having invited her to your house you can not snub her!

Oh, yes we can' answered the young man. We can do more than that in the City of Brotherly Love! And he hurried away for a partner.

Jon requested the hostess, who seemed amazed at his folly, to present him to the solitary damsel. He then danced with her, and, after bringing rich patties, with salad and other indigestible devices that are never eaten at home, he engaged her in pleasant converse.

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