" Ella, is your father at home ? " said a bashful lover to his sweetheart. "I want "'— to propose something very important to him." " No, GUreuce, papa id not at home, but I am. Couldn't you propose to ; me ju9t as well P " And he did, with per* feet success. " I go for a season, bat I return anon," playfully remarked the merchant wfen he left the office at 10.45 a.m. AWoafcr: does he mean?" timidly asked the new boy. "Oh," replied the boy who wasn't new," "going; for a seasoo is stepping out.' v for a clove, and returning anon is coming back anonymously—that, is, sneaking round when you least expect him, trying to catch you reading the paper and eating - neanuts."'
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4428, 14 March 1883, Page 2
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121Untitled Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4428, 14 March 1883, Page 2
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