WHY MISS JONES ISN'T MARRIED.
Jones aud Smith were iHighboi^s.^wiib,' as a. rule, travelled to toVvn' togfcfch&r by .the 9.15. . ■V •■ .'/i/'*' '■""• .^Vvjv/-- ' . -f he other morning 'Smith told,Kis'|riend in. confidence that his; eMest' daugite'vvha-d i^cewe3 • ml offer of raa^i^^iui^/eidesb ..son of another Meißl ', "Ah,:; said. Jones '^th^ a .sigh, 'have.' you^^ ,t^cd : j^; aTOrVvWith^the youag man, jet;?!'. ;^W>? !"' ' ' ; i; C' - :-.■ :v>-^- --■ replied Sini^hj J' but If.iAteodriaring a straight talk; writ&- Mpirthis::evßning." ." My . boy," retorted, .JbcSs in; a. fatherly style, "do ba careful ; aboTfe':all:.thing& don't ask the chap if he' appreciates the seriousness of the step he contemplates." . <;'■:'. "Whynot?" -..^ ;.r v > Vv "Why, " added : Jones, :and again a : : sigh escaped him, " one of my' girls was engaged once, and 'I, like a fool, asked him that question, and he at pace said it' had cover occurred to him in that light and walked off, and the girl's unmarried still." '
WHY MISS JONES ISN'T MARRIED.
Star (Christchurch), Issue 6496, 27 May 1899, Page 6
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