I didn't know her very well, but I remember your father bringing her to call on me when they were first engaged, and a wonderfully handsome couple they were.

No doubt they were very happy, but their lives were cut short, as so often happens, leaving a lot of stupid people alive that the world could well dispense with.

But I see you've lost one of your legs! How did that come about, I should like to know ?" "Oh--something went wrong with the bone, and it had to be cut off," said Austin, rather vaguely.
"Dear, dear, what a pity," was the old lady's comment.

"And are you very sorry for yourself ?" "Not in the least," said Austin, smiling brightly.

"I've got quite fond of my new one." "You're quite a philosopher, I see," said the old lady, nodding; "as great a philosopher as the fox who couldn't reach the grapes, and he was one of the wisest who ever lived.