UNITED BY CABLE.
He wanted to ask her to be Ins ownest own, but the conventional . words he had studied up so carefully failed him. She guessed his purpose, but saw no chance to help him out. " Did you read about the Manilla cable ?" he asked. " Yes," she said. " It's out." There was a long silence, " What do they do with cables that ace cut ?" she softly asked. '• Splice 'em,'" he answered. She gave him a timid sidelong glance. He woke up. " Let's get spliced?" he hastily cried. " Let's," she gently answered. And the ordeal which had worried him for many weeks was suddenly forgotten.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 40, 1 September 1900, Page 4
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105UNITED BY CABLE. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 40, 1 September 1900, Page 4
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