ONLY WHAT HE ASKED FOR.
' Eleven o'clock was the hour. Tho young lady was both bored and tired, for young- Brown's presence was almost as distasteful to her as were his attentions. But, try though she would, sho could think of no means of getting rid of him. Half an hour passed. Still youngBrown sat on, talking, talking-, talking", then he turned the conversation to the question of his health. "Yes, Miss Mollis," he said, "I know I'm not strong, and that sort of thing. In fact, if tho truth be told, it's only my nerve that keeps me up at all." Tho opportunity for retort was obvious. But Miss Mollic, being- a nice girl, deliberately abstained from making use of it, until suddenly the temptation overcome her. "Well,' Mr. Brown," she remarked sweetly, "that's funny. It's been keeping- me up too." And tho young man departed slowly, sadly, for ever and a day.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 714, 21 October 1914, Page 7
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154ONLY WHAT HE ASKED FOR. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 714, 21 October 1914, Page 7
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