CRUSHED.
They were engaged. But they quarrelled, and were too proud to make it up. Both were anxious to make people believe they had entirely forgotten each other. He called a few days ago at her father's house to see the old gentleman— on business, of course. She answered the frontdoor bell. Said he: "Ah, Miss Jopkin, I believe. Is your father In?" "No, sir," she replied; "pa Is not in at present. Do you wish to see him personally?" "I do," was his response, feeling that she was yielding, "on very particular business." And he turned proudly to go away. "I beg your pardon," she called after him, as he reached the lowest step. "But who shall I say called?"
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7395, 22 February 1902, Page 3 (Supplement)
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121CRUSHED. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7395, 22 February 1902, Page 3 (Supplement)
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