MISS JENNY'S FORLORN ADVENT 



the scheme met the fate of many another 

 well-laid plan. 



Mr. Chupes' name was an unfortunate 

 selection. I have already told how it orig- 

 inated; but I am certain that the one who 

 named him after the first baby utterances 

 had no idea that the deed would have such; 

 lasting consequences. 



As time went on and his wonderful char-*, 

 acter developed, I resented more and more 

 the unmusical appellation of Chupes. The 

 Mr., without which he was seldom ad- 

 dressed, was an almost involuntary tribute 

 to his superior qualities, a proof of the high 

 esteem in which he was held. Jenny was 

 styled Miss, not on account of lady-like 

 qualifications, but simply as a sort of off- 

 set to the Mr. of Chupes. 



It always seemed to me as if some hy- 

 phenated sort of an arrangement, suggest- 

 ing a combination of song and poetry, 

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