HE WASN'T THAT.
He was an old fellow, past for -fey, and he was trying to win a girl of twe aty, under the direction of a lady who 1 oved better than life to make matches. He didn't meet 'with marked success, b .otfever, and the lady was taking him I o task about it. What the" mischief, shesr ad s didyou insist npon telling her that y /bu were at the age you are, and further more trying to impress it upon her tha ,£ that Tva3 very old? You might just as well hrve said yoa were the the Anc : iont Mariner, and beea done with it.
That's it ; that's it, ' ac said hopelessly. It wa3 the ancient marrying her that knocked the whole bu smess sky high.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 10330, 11 June 1895, Page 4
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130HE WASN'T THAT. Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 10330, 11 June 1895, Page 4
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