She Had To Do It.
This is a story about a girl aud a man. The girl lives in a London suburb, where she is distinctly the belle. The man lives not very far away from her, and. during business hoars be is to be found in a bank in the city. He is fairly good-looking, and is a favourite in the set in which the girl moveß. He and she had wordß —so many, in fact;, that the girl, who is said to have more than a bit of a temper, ordered him never to presume to speak to her again so long as he lived. She forbade him to recognise her even, and said that she would make it a point to forget that she had ever meb him. This was last winter. Tha other day she went into the bank in which he is employed to get a .oheque cashed. The young man advanced. He took the cheque and examined it carefully. It was a broiling hot day, and the girl was in a hurry. She had not an acquaintance within half an hour's walk. The young man handed the cheque back.
"Very sorry, madam," said he, "but you'll have to get somebody to identify you before I can cash the oheque." And she had to do it.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2232, 10 December 1896, Page 52
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221She Had To Do It. Otago Witness, Issue 2232, 10 December 1896, Page 52
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