BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE.
-.Young Man —'Your daughter has referred me to yon, sir.' OlcKMan—•' All-right, you have my consent. Is that all; you want ?' ' Young man^* Well —er.—one thing more I would'like to ask, sir. If I should present your daughter with a diamond engagcmenb ring, would you be willing to —"cr — give me a receipt for it, iv case anything unpleasant should happen?' It is an ill wind, etc.; and. the rains are a splendid excuse to dun "Papa" for a macintosh and new walking shoes.
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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 337, 23 May 1885, Page 22
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87BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE. Observer, Volume 7, Issue 337, 23 May 1885, Page 22
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