HE HAD THE PLEASURE.
ife had been in the habit of standing on the kerbstone, in front of the church, after service, and waiting for his girl. As he prided himself greatly upon his politeness in public, places, he invariably even after their betrothal, stepped up to her, and doffing his hat, requested permission to see her home. The first time they went to church together after, marriage, they were unable to secure seats together. This however did not worry him. He secured a seat for his wife and at once sought his old quarters by the stove and among some of his old cronies. After service was over, he absentmindedly walked out with the boys, and took his old stand on the kerbstone. With flashing eyes and glowing cheeks out come his wife. She would have passed him in indignant silence, had he not stepped up to her as of yore, and raising his hat, said: " Miss L., may I hare the pleasure of walking with you ?" He had the pleasure of knowing that he was very much married, when she exclaimed: " You idiotic fool, put on your hat and come along!"
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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3078, 28 December 1878, Page 4
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193HE HAD THE PLEASURE. Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3078, 28 December 1878, Page 4
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