The Old Man's Sorrow.
44 You have a daughter, have you not, sir ? " said a minister to an old gentleman, with whom he had formed a casual acquaintance as a fellow-passenger.
The old gentleman essayed to answer, but the question had strangely affected him. 44 1 beg your pardon," said the minister, 44 if I have thoughtlessly awakened in your mind recollections of a painful nature. The world is full of sorrow, sjr, and perhaps my question
recalls to your memory a fair, beautiful girl, whose blossoming young life had withered in its bloom. Am I right, sir ? " 44 No, not exactly," replied the old gentleman, sadly; 44 1 have five unmarried darters, mister, and the youngest of the lot is 28 years old."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2087, 22 February 1894, Page 49
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124The Old Man's Sorrow. Otago Witness, Issue 2087, 22 February 1894, Page 49
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