ALL HE ASKED.
They were standing outside the front Joor having a final chat after his ©Tening call.
He was leaning against the doorpost, talking in low, dulcet tones. She was listening and gazing up raptuously into his eyes.
Suddenly she turned round. The :loor had opened; and there, just inside, stood her father, clad in a dress-ing-gown.
"My dear father," she asked, "what is the matter?"
Her dear father ; ignored her ques tion.
"John," h© said, . addressing the young man, "you know I've never complained about your staying late, and I'm not going to complain now; but, for goodness' sake, stop leaning against the bell-push-. Other people •vant some sleep, even if you don't."
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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXIX, Issue 3997, 22 November 1918, Page 4
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115ALL HE ASKED. Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXIX, Issue 3997, 22 November 1918, Page 4
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