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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 30, Issue 23, 22 March 1918, Page 2

TRAPPED! Everybody wondered why Jack Jackson had married her. She was large and florid and bespectacled, with a mouth which made one tremble. The mystery was not explained till Jackson’s brother came home from Australia and asked questions. “She got me last Leap Year,” Jackson explained in a frightened whisper. “I couldn’t get out of marrying her. When she proposed she said, ‘Will you marry me ? Have you any objection ?’ Yon see, no matter whether I said ‘Yus’ or ‘No,’ she had me. “Why didn’t you keep silqtnt, then?’’ inquired his brother. “That’s what I did, and she said, ‘Silence gives consent,’ and that ended it.” “The price of everything has ron? up.” ” No : talk is as cheap as c