THE TRICK WAS OLD.
As a well'known New Yorker stepped from a Michigan Central train in Chicago, a handsome young lady skipped up to him threw her arms rapturously about his neck, and kissed him many times, saying : ‘Oh, papa, I’m so glad you have come.’ The old gentleman threw both arms round her, andSheld her firmly to his breast. Soon she looked up into his face and horror stood in her eye. ‘ Oh, my ! you’re not my papa!’ she said, trying to free herself from his embrace. ‘ Yes, I am,’ insisted the old gentleman, holding her tightly ; ‘you are my long-lost daughter, and I am going to keep you right in my arms till I get a policeman.’ When the officer came and found the old gentleman’s diamond pin in the girl’s hand, he said : ‘ That’s a new trick here.’ B lsit p’ was the reply. ‘ Well, it’s several weeks old in New York.’
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 29, 21 October 1893, Page 5
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155THE TRICK WAS OLD. Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 29, 21 October 1893, Page 5
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