Easily Told.
She was young, golden-haired, and spectacled. He was young, smooth-shaven, and spectacled. Likewise his clothes were brand new, and his coat of the frock variety. Their fellow .guests at the hotel suspected them of being newly married, but there was a difference of opinion. Obviously they were too* well bred to betray themselves by any open demonstration of affection. Still, there was that brand-new look about them, and that evident, if quiet, devotion.
" You bet your life," said the youth with the new russet shoes to a friend in the smoking/room, "she isn't that chap's sister. If she was, he wouldn't have stuck to her all the afternoon."
"Yes, I guess they're man and wife," said the man who had just arrived, " but they don't behave as if they were only iust married. Let's ask the waiter — he'll know."
The waitei", on being appealed to, responded promptly: " Yes, sir, just married this morning." ' "How do you know, George?" asked the afore-mentioned youth. "Did they tell you'"
George sniffed contemptuously. " Didn't need to tell me, sir. Found ft out for myself. Served** 'em with tea just now, and he didn't know how many lumps of sugar she took. Had to ask her."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2359, 11 May 1899, Page 60
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203Easily Told. Otago Witness, Issue 2359, 11 May 1899, Page 60
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