A MEAN TRICK.
Hostetter McGinnis has been paying his addresses for some time past to Miss Esmeralda Longcoftin. She had not given him the slightest encouragement, and he was about to commit suicide, when she threw him into a spasm of delight by asking him if he would do her the favour of giving her his photograph. He happened to have one with him, and he begged her to accept it, saying that it was the happiest moment of his life, etc. As soon as be was gone, the young lady called her servant, and, giving her the photograph, said, • Whenever anybody who looks like that comes to the door, tell him I'm not at home.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 50, 12 December 1891, Page 692
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116A MEAN TRICK. New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 50, 12 December 1891, Page 692
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