MR. CHUPES AND MISS JENNY 



wise men of the Orient are puzzling their 

 brains over the problem of two such small 

 heads having been able to carry all they 

 knew. 



Being suc'h a quiet, unobtrusive little 

 couple, their presence on boats and trains 

 was generally unsuspected, but whenever 

 public or private attention was attracted to 

 them, they awakened an interest equal to 

 that bestowed on royalty abroad or its cor- 

 responding great ones at home. 



But, to begin at the very beginning, my 

 acquaintance with the hero of this strictly 

 authentic sketch dates from a certain balmy 

 June afternoon when a friend and I were 

 strolling through a beautiful shady grove in 

 our neighborhood. 



We had been revelling in the delightful 



sounds around us, gently rustling leaves, 



songs of birds, the drowsy hum of insects 



and various other soothing and harmonious 



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