What a Mistake.
They slowly approached the house, he with a sad, dejected air, and she with a proud, scornful look upon her fair young face that boded no good to the wedding bells and orange flo wers. ' ' I cannot imagine, my dear," he said mournfully, as they gained the front door, " what has come over you so suddenly. I should at least know my offence. I simply asked you if you were romantic, when . " A startled look came over the girl's face. " You asked me what ?" she demanded. Forgive me, George," she exclaimed, with a convulsive sob, as she threw her arms about his neck, " I thought you asked me if I was rheumatic."
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Mataura Ensign, Volume 9, Issue 642, 11 February 1887, Page 7
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115What a Mistake. Mataura Ensign, Volume 9, Issue 642, 11 February 1887, Page 7
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