A MATTER OF NO CONSEQUENCE.
The day had been set and the youngman, was happy. But his father failed in business, and he collected together all the pink love-letters, the lock of hair, the faded violet, &c., and started for her father’s mansion. He was high-minded and honorable, and he felt in duty bound to release her from the engagement. Yet he grew faint as he was ushered into the parlor. Such love as his wouldn’t stay crushed. “ George ? dear George !” she exclaimed as she entered the parlor and seized his hand. “■Arabella, I am here to do my duty,” he said as he rose up. “ W-what’s the matter ?” she asked. “ H-aven’t you heard of—of my father’s failure?” he inquired, his heart beating painfully. “ Why, yes, dear George, and Avhat of it ? ” “ Aren’t you—won’t you—that is l ” “I’m glad of It—that’s all ! ” she cried. “You are?” “Of course I am ! I was talking with lather, and he said if your father bad failed for 60,000 dels, he’d make at least 50,000 dols. out of it, and of course you’d get twice as much as you counted on?”
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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 126, 24 June 1876, Page 2
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187A MATTER OF NO CONSEQUENCE. Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 126, 24 June 1876, Page 2
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