A NO VEL PROPOSAL.
The other evening a party of ladies and getitlefrieti were laughing over the supposed awkwardness attending a declaration •6i Ip'vej'When one of the party remarked that' ithd ever offered himself, he would do it-ih, a collected And 'business-like manner." "For instahbe," said 'he, addressing- him-, self to a beautiful lady present, "I would, 'sfa.y^'Miss/S.'j'l have been for years looking; fptfa wife.' Of all the ladies' of 'thy ae-j tfuairitance'l admire you 1 the most. i«ln-j deed, .'to" speak plainly, •• I love ■ ' you,' and wouldmo'strgladly make you my Wife j l'" 'You flatter me by ! y6ur preference," goodhumouredly replied Miss S., to thesurprise of all presen.t. "Not at all; lam entirely sincere. " •' <ff Th&i I+efw ijdu to my* flitter /'' "Bravo!*' exclaimed the' gentlemen. - «Well; I de-b-I-a'r^e !'" Exclaimed the } ladieg,'in one unitfed 'cnWus. 1 -The 'parties wdre married Soon 1 'Wte'r: 1 ' - «» XV&sh'fc that,' 1 '- asks th^ iVdrriitbri'-"^ mtfdest-way of > coming l tb the poirifc, H \uid ' & : sensible method- df takings a 'Wn^t'hiswdrd^"' *"■>•> !> ""« i •' ,
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Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 28, 15 December 1883, Page 5
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214A NOVEL PROPOSAL. Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 28, 15 December 1883, Page 5
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