The young man hesitatingly entered her lather’s presence. With a preliminary clearing of the throat and a nervous twitch of his fingers he said: “I have come to ask you if I may marry your youngest daughter.” “ You may,” said the father promptly, as he passed the cigars. “ And now may I take you into my confidence?” “Why—eh ■ ” exclaimed the _ happy man. “Well, my boy,” said his future father-in-law, “ I want you to pass the word round among your friends, and get some of them excited about Margaret, Dorothy, and Nancy. Now put a, couple of these cigars in your pocket and leave me in peace 1”
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Evening Star, Issue 19775, 27 January 1928, Page 8
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107Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 Evening Star, Issue 19775, 27 January 1928, Page 8
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