Her Opinion.
He was very badly’ gone in love indeed, as may’ be judged by’ the fact that he sat up till the wee sma’ hours and nibbled two inches off a pen in composing the following epic: "Beautiful one with eyes *o blue. Oh. how my fond heart sighs for you! Sweet spirit, listen to me now. Hear once again my ardent vow!” There was about two feet six inches of this soul-inspiring verse, and he sent it to the object of his adoration, with a request that she would express an opinion on its merits. He got it. “Dear Mr Theodore Hopkins (she wrote), you ask for my opinion of your verses. 1 do not like to hurt your feelings; but if you will read the initial letters of the first four lines downwards, I may say that you express my sentiments exactly. Yours very frilly, Alabel Browne.” And when Theodore strung the first four letters together, he pondered bitterly.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXII, Issue XIV, 2 April 1904, Page 62
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162Her Opinion. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXII, Issue XIV, 2 April 1904, Page 62
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