HONEST MOURNING AT LAST.
♦ A New York woman who spent the summer in a Maine town secured, throughout her stay, the services of a woman as occasional assistant when there was company or extra work of any sort. The woman was recommended as a worthy and needy widow, whose husband was lost at sea last winter. The summer was nearly over, when one morning the helper appeared in deep and evidently fresh mourning '' Why, Mary," exclaimed her mistress, • ' have you lost any of your children ?" • ; No, mem," replied Mary, " it's for him." " Oh," was the answer, •' I didn't know you were in mourning for your husbai-d." And this was Mary's pathetic and laconic explanation. — " Whi-n I \T4«, I couldn't, and now J can, I am, mem,"
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Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 94, 21 April 1894, Page 2 (Supplement)
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126HONEST MOURNING AT LAST. Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 94, 21 April 1894, Page 2 (Supplement)
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