A SHORT COURTSHIP.
One of the funniest books published for a long iime U the diary of the late Mr Cope, 11. A., just issued by Messrs Bentley and Son. His sister-in-law, he tells us, met a farmer friend and Baid to him :— " I hear, John, that you are lately married ; who is your wif,. ?" " Weel, Mies Benning, I doan't quite know." "How bo? 1 Where did you meet with her ?" " Aweel, ye see, miss, I went to t' market, and as I ' was going I seed a canny lass warking along c' road, and 1 says, 'Will ye git oop and ride ?' ' Ay,' nays she. So she gat oop, and T asked her, ' Are ye gangin' to t' market ?' ' Aye/ Buys she. ' What for ?" says I. 'To s it a plaace,' says she. So I set her down i' t' market and loft her 5 and as I con:' back i' t' evening there was this same lass warking t' saame way oop hill. So I spak' to her again, and axed her, • Ha' ye gotten yer pl«ace p' ' Nay,' Bays Bhe, • I hanna.' « Will ye git oop and ride ?' • Ay,' says she. So she got oop and : I axed her, ' D'ye think my plaice would suit ye?' 'What plaaco is thatP' said Bhe. f 'Why, to be my wife,' says I. 'I doan't mind,' says she. So we got wed,. and elie'B a rare good wife, but she's a^parfect atraanger to me."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7181, 16 January 1892, Page 2
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244A SHORT COURTSHIP. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7181, 16 January 1892, Page 2
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