SEEKING SUPPORT.
"Young man,' r he said, as he followed him out on the steps the Mher evening, "I want to have a talk ,w,ith you. You have been/ courting my daughter?"
"Yes, sir." "You think you love her?" "I know I do." "And you would, fain bear her off.to some woodbine cottagel' "That is what I would fainest, sir." "Ah —urn! What is your salary?"
"Four pounds a week, sir." "Just so—take her. .1 was afraid you couldn't support us all on your wages, but it's all right. Hurry up things and get into the family in time to pay next months' rent. You don't know what a relief it will be to us old folks to have someone to support us."
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 13, 16 January 1926, Page 17
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123SEEKING SUPPORT. Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 13, 16 January 1926, Page 17
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