SHORT ENGAGEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12085, 6 January 1905, Page 4

SHORT ENGAGEMENTS.

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'■ _*mauV precipitate and fortunate, and up to now the gods have '" ahowared every good gift upon her; if beautiful, talented, well-born, mated in ■■■I w own degree, she and her splendid ;V children are a picture,of happiness rare '* Judging from old stones our S l andparents wero far more impulsive «_ oureolvos. One story used to daltebt mc. 'Aunt, aunt,'_ said a flushed, breathless, excited girl, at the I-. "n4 of an evening's entertainment, 'he P : has"asked mo, and I have said yes.' 'Calm yourself, Louisa,' replied her dig- *» rimed relative in measured tones, but There **» no calm *" tho matter - A trallant young follow eagerly pressed for an interview next morning, and in i'abort time two young hearts were betrothed, and married with parental consent, and though they never met till that night, had no cause to regret the r hasty decision."