TAKEN AT HIS WORD.
"Good-bye," he said brokenly, and his frame shook with emotion. "Remember; Miss Smith, that although I cannot win your love, I shall always be your devoted friend, and if at any time I can be of service to you, you have but to command mo. I leave for Australia to-night. Goodbye." "I am sorry," said the girl, "to have been the means of driving you so far from home; but since you are so kind as to offer your services, I will ask you to post a letter for mo on your way to the boat."
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 123, 26 May 1928, Page 21
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100TAKEN AT HIS WORD. Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 123, 26 May 1928, Page 21
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