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a r e furious to find a s t r a n g e r in their room, b u t a f t e r a trumped-up explanation from Mrs. Bouncer begin to build a somewhat amicable relationship when they find in becoming acquainted t h a t they a r e engaged to the same woman. Penelope Ann. At t h i s disclosure each i s eager to relinquish his claim on Penelope to the o t h e r , a n d a fight ensues not not over who shall have her but over who shall - have h e r . They t r y to settle the issue by rolling dice,. b u t t h e dice curiously come up s i x e s , so they toss coins. They discover, however, t h a t the coin one is using in t h e toss had heads on both s i d e s , while the coin t h e o t h e r is using h a s tails on both sides. They a r e again a t each o t h e r ' s t h r o a t s when Mrs. Bouncer i n t e r r u p t s with a l e t t e r s h e had forgotten to give Cox. "I have b r o u g h t you a l e t t e r , " s h e s a y s : "it came yesterday. I'm s u r e I don't know how I forgot i t , for I put ~t carefully in my pocket." Cox: Bouncer cox: And you've kept i t carefully in your pocket e v e r since? Yes s i r . I hope you'll forgive me s i r . By the b y , I paid two c e n t s for i t . I (Mrs. Did you? Then I & forgive you. Bouncer leaves a n d Cox looks a t the l e t t e r . ) 'Coney Island.' The postmark decidedly s a y s 'Coney Island.' Oh, doubtless a Ann. Then read i t s i r . M Sir? e Of course. You don't suppose I'm going to r e a d a l e t t e r from your intended.
M J
Box: cox: Box: Cox : Box: Cox: Box: cox: Box: Cox:
tender
epistle
from Penelope
(Handing t h e l e t t e r to Box.)
intended! 0-X!
Pooh!
I t ' s a d d r e s s e d to you.
C-
Do you think that's a C? B. Nonsense! Break t h e seal! [Reading the l e t t e r )
It looks to me like a
Goodness gracious! Gracious
[Snatching it from him a n d reading1 goodness !
(Taking l e t t e r again) "Sir I hasten to convey to you t h e , intelligence of a melancholy accident which has bereft you of your intended wife." He means your intended! No, yours! However, i t ' s perfectly immaterial-but s h e unquestionably was y o u r s .
BOX:
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| Title | Mayors of Cedar City |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K.; Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Subject | Mayors -- Utah -- Cedar City -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- Politics and government; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Includes biographies of the mayors of Cedar City and examples from the city minutes showing the events that took place under each administration. The three histories printed in the second section were written by three men at three different times in the history of Cedar City. |
| Source | Mayors |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/mayors.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 535.cpd |
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