"Am t Hie only woman you ever lovpd?" "Oh, no," he answered promptly;' "yon are the sixth." ''The sixth! she exclaimed, Suddenly relieving his shoulder of th<! iveixht of her head. "Y03," ho «iid, coldly, "th'.'re were five before you— my mother, nn aunt, and I:hrc6 sisters." And thereafter she endeavoured to bo more specific when she nskeil (|iiestionM. John, a rather backward lov.-r, sat at one end of tlio sofa, ani| his sweetheart at tho other. Both niiiuta were too full to carry .on-fciiversatioh, but at Inst the lady spoke: "John, what are you thinking aixMit?" Johivatvukenftl from his dreams, snswered with' a ilrawl, "Olv, just; tho nanus »9'.you. ire;'. , .and was surprised to ?et tho retort: "If jou do I'll box your furs."
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1952, 8 January 1914, Page 7
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125Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1952, 8 January 1914, Page 7
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