A SECRET VOTE.
A good-looking", well-to-do bachelor of> Melbourne was being 'chaffed' lately by the members of a young ladies' club for not being married. Promptly he replied: ■ I am prepared to marry that one of you whom, on a secret vote, you elect to be my wife.' This gallant challenge was boldly accepted by the fair maidens. There were, altogether nine members in the club. Each girl went into a corner and exercised great caution in preparing her ballot paper and disguising her handwriting. The result, when declared, was ot a nature to surprise all concerned. There were nine votes cast, each girl receiving
. The man remains a bachelor, the club is broken up. and the gxrls are mortal «ern ie s, united only in the firm determination that they will never speak to the horrid fellow ag-ain.-Prom a LiverPool daily papei
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 304, 24 December 1898, Page 3 (Supplement)
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143A SECRET VOTE. Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 304, 24 December 1898, Page 3 (Supplement)
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