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THE WONDERFUL TRANSFORMATION.
"My story," commenced Mr.Morton, "is rather a remarkable one in some respects; and I cannot vouch for its being true.

I shall call it 'The Wonderful Transformation.' "Thomas Tubbs was a prosperous little tailor, and for forty years had been a resident of the town of Webbington, where he had been born and brought up.

I have called him little, and you will agree with me when I say that, even in high-heeled boots, which he always wore, he measured only four feet and a half in height.
"In spite, however, of his undersize, Thomas had succeeded in winning the hand of a woman fifteen inches taller than himself.

If this extra height had been divided equally between them, possibly they might have attracted less observation.