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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 64, 10 April 1909, Page 3

THE YOUNG MAN JN LOVE. lie was a constant visitor, lie favorably impressed he r sisters aud lnollwir by luh Uiguitied behaviour aud sensible conversation. lie would probably have bad tin* same gratifying e U'ect upon her lather, but, as the latter was completely immersed iu biiiihiess, he was at home very -littip of the time. The young man had a dim recollection of being introduced to him once and speaking a word or ,so, but sine•a that time had not seen him at all. However, this didn't bother him much, and his love alfair came to a focus ' - !■ When'he auked the young lady to become his wife, she referred him to her father, "I'll ace him to-morrow, dear/' lie feplied. •\Xo, 1 don't think you can." she answered; "he's going out of town On a long business trip to-morrow evening, and so will not be here when you come."' "By Jove, then," responded the young man, 'Til drop in on him at the olUce. 5 ' The next day he turned up at the place of business of his idol's father. Jle knew hu wa* head of the concern. He made his way into the oflice and there confronted a very busy gentleman indeed. Asking lor a moment of the hitter's time, he said, "I have eomts to ask you for your daughter's hand." The man addressed stopped, turned round, aud looked at him a moment, and then said, 'Tin sorry to tell you, young man, but mv daughter is to be married to-morrow." Without -waiting for an explanation, the horror-stricken suitor rushed from the building, lie hailed'a cab and drove madly to the young lady's home. "What—what does it all mean?" he gasped, as soon as he saw her. "Speak! What does it mean? I have just seen vour father at hie oftiee, and he says •that, you arc to be married t<Mnorro\v!" '•Why, Henry," she ejaculated, in a tone of astonishment, "my father? Whs he Ht for the North la*»t night!" A little further conversation revealed the fact that Jienvy hud boea speaking ! to to father's partner,