Cup Day-A Solemn Fact
.They.^ere on the Melbourne grand on Cup" day. He stood just in feont_of hereon -the tier below, and hethl watebje^- with trembling,, feverisbia^iety.tbe race, which for them meant bliss,, unspeakable, or the^pe^ deferred, which maketh the heart sick. Tie ladyi was most .Mi ited, and £fs she wat^ied'the black and white japkfet dra¥ out of the' ruck, go to the trout, and race a winner down the straight* 1 Bire could contain her joy and excite* iiltihtjh silbnee no louger, but waving her^hands wildly she shouted "OarW^l Carbine ! He wins 1 'He wins I Oh^Tifwk !, £1200 and .^e can v be next week." And throwing he* j . arms round j- Jack's tfeck, she impulsively kissed . him again and agaifi; : 'There^waai a- considerable iS^gr as. the .cheering died away, i^ h;ch| Increased , to a Joar of laughter as a »|^, ?a^?^» course, voiced woman drily "remarked, " I'll trouble you .!Mhwf(t6'~}pass \my /husband /jhfe ;Way svlwn m^oul va quite done A.with hint?' HaruorJt Jhok had,, shifted duriugthe race, and .hi^ fiance .had, been,, hug* ging^the man !
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 79, 20 December 1890, Page 4
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177Cup Day-A Solemn Fact Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 79, 20 December 1890, Page 4
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