Why She Bridled Up.
She was 49 if she was a day. . He was 22. They were the only two occupants of one of the carriages of the Scotch express. ' ' - | "Are you a commercial traveller?" she asked suddenly. •-''Yes, madam; I am." "In what "line, sir?"- *■ "Groceries", madam." " ; -' - "It is you, then, you horrid, horrid man! Aren't you ashamed of yourself, tc so annoy a lone-woman passenger?" "I, madam? What devyou mean?"" •"Ob, you base wretoh! You know it is you that Has been scattering samples of rice all over the floor, tc make* people think fte are v a young married couple.",., ' The train was just stopping, and he took one look at- that face, picked up a brown paper-bag' that' had accidentally got' torn, dashed down the platform, and, though his luggage has been deposited two weeks' at the station, he has not yet appeared to claim it.,
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Otago Witness, Issue 2556, 11 March 1903, Page 71
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150Why She Bridled Up. Otago Witness, Issue 2556, 11 March 1903, Page 71
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