SHEER BLUFF. He had proposed and had been rejected. As h-; left his darling Fanny he felt that the “ light of his life had gone out.” He --rose the following morning after a restless night, and in the agony of despair penned the following:— “ Darling Fanny,—My sufferings arc greater than I can bear. I cannot live without your love. I have, therefore, just laKcn poison, rhe effe< of which I am already beginning to feel. By tho time you read these lines J will have joined •he great silent, majority. When I leave this mortal coil. I trust that you will shed a silent tear over my tomb in remembrance of happy days gone by.— Your Dying Lover.” This he sent to his lady-love. After reading the note the young lady paled and turning to the boy, asked what he was waiting for. “The gent tele me to wait for an answer/* ]ie replied-
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 242, 26 September 1914, Page 4 (Supplement)
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154Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 242, 26 September 1914, Page 4 (Supplement)
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