ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE.
* j (Concluded.) , May marry Gilbert Crofton, if you \w/nr re ■ to-morrow, Minnis. And perhaps your grandfather's ghost will be easy then." ; So the young people were happily married, 1 i and Gilbert came to live at the farm and managed all the old lady's affairs for her. 1 And she lived to be a hundred years old before she closed those keen blue eyes 0/ hers upon the matters of this mortal world. ; j But one day Minnie, turning over the ' ■ relics, a red chest, stamped with brass, and faintly odorous of rose leaves and dried lavender, came to view, and she opened it. [ " Oh, Gilbert, look here!" cried she, "my 1 great-grandfather's best suit laid up in camI phor and sweet herbs. Why do you suppose i I that grandmother Maple has kept it ?" " I don't know, I'm sure," said Gilbert, with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes. " Perhaps for the younger generations to masquerade in !" ] Minnie sprang to her feet, a sudden light illuminating her whole face. "Gilbert," cried she, " did you act the I ghost ?" "No matter," said Gilbert, laughing, ! " shut up the box, Minnie ; your great- 1 grandfather's ghost will never haunt the ■ house again." ] And it never did.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 20 October 1891, Page 4
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208ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 20 October 1891, Page 4
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