WHAT DID SHE MEAN?
He left her and stepped out to see a friend between the acts. "Why, Edward," said she, when he returned, there are tears in your eyes." "Yes, pet," replied he solemnly, " I suppose there are; I saw such a sad sight when I was out." " You did P What was it?" inquired she. '* Such a aid light," eon*
tinned he, keeping his face away, that she might not smell his breath. " I discovered a young man whom I had known for years drinking whisky." " You did ?" "<Yes, standing right in plain sight before me, partaking deeply and carelessly of the dreadful indicating glass." There was a little pause, when the youn* lady suddenly said —" Edward, was he standing right in front of you V " Yes, pet," was the reply. There was another paim, when the!yonng lady asked again—" Edward, don't most of the fashionable bars have great nice mirrors right on the walls behind Unm?' Elwar.l blushed a little, and looked quizzical as he replied that he "believed" they did. And there he permitted the subject to drop.
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1583, 1 April 1887, Page 3
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182WHAT DID SHE MEAN? Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1583, 1 April 1887, Page 3
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