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NEATLY DONE. “ Do you think any girl ever proposes in leap yearj as they say, Jennie ? ” he asked. “Not unless she is obliged to,” answered the maiden. “ H’rn ! I hadn’t thought of that,” lie said, after a pause. “But George,” she said, laying her hand affectionately upon his arm and looking into his eyes, “yon, I am sure, will never force me to that hnmiliar tion.” “ No—er—that is to say —of course not. I ” The ice was broken, and three minutes later George was Jennie’s accepted.
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 13, 24 June 1893, Page 7
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87Humour Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 13, 24 June 1893, Page 7
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