THE DISINTERESTED SWAIN

New Zealand Tablet, 9 January 1913, Page 62

THE DISINTERESTED SWAIN

He (gently): ‘ Are you not afraid some one may marry you for your money?’ She (sweetly): ‘Oh, dear, no! Such an idea never entered my head.’ He (tenderly): ‘Ah ! in your sweet innocence you do not know how coldly, cruelly mercenary some men are.’ She (quietly); ‘Perhaps not.’ He (with suppressed emotion) ; ‘ —would not for the world have such a terrible fate happen to you. The man who wins you should love you for yourself alone.’ She: ‘He’ll have to. It’s my Cousin Jennie who has the money, not I. , You’ve got us mixed. I haven’t a cent.’ He; ‘ Er— pleasant weather we’re having.’