Never Proposed Since.
%t .happened at a public ball. He was a »ma,n of serious intentions and „ numero'iß attentions, and' 6h.e, was ricih and weddable TpJiey eat in. the nail under the stairway. It was a nook for lovers. There was not £>. soul in sight, and- he thought his golden opportunity had arrived. Down he flopped on his knees and clasped her hand. "Dear ofie," he whispered, not very loud, ■btzt loud enough, "I have loved you with the' whole strength and ardour of a man's nature whei it is roused 1 by all that is pure and good and lovely in woman, and. I can no longer restrain my pent-up feel iuge. I must tell you what is in my beart, and assure you that never yet htis woman heard from, my lips the secrets that «ac Ihrobbing- and " Just alien, a rustle was l heand on tho stairs above them, and a card fastened to a vthread swung down, and dsmijled not 2in iroypi tlie lover's nose. On it were these (KW-lbeintoue words: "It'm a bit of a liar myself." Ti*en the awful tiruth flashed upon him, and- ihe fled. As he went out of the door, 16 g'.Lrle from tha- head of the stairs sent 16 lajughs ,out into "the damp night after Jr*im. j He-makes mo love at balls now.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 26 August 1908, Page 91
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224Never Proposed Since. Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 26 August 1908, Page 91
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