A TRAGEDY AVERTED.
They sat uptm her father's steps, His arm around her form, And he was doing all he could To keep the maiden warm. Her father spied them from above, And softly he crept down, Bearing a boot-jack in his hand, And on his brow a frown.
Pa nearer yet and nearer crept, He heard the lovers sigh, And then he raised his arm aloft With murder in his eye. Just then the manly lover said: "How happy shall we be; ~Fdr uncle died last night, and all His great wealth comes to me." One moment more the old man stands And at the young man glares, Then all unseen, unheard,; unf elt, Creeps back again upstairs.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 247, 17 October 1908, Page 6
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119A TRAGEDY AVERTED. Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 247, 17 October 1908, Page 6
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