ONE LAST REQUEST.
He had never toM liih love ; their acquaintance had been ;i vory >h>rtone,and when lie had suddenly placed her anus around hn neck and imprinted a huge ki«w upon her rosebud mouth, she was luhuully srartlud. 'Sir,' hhe said, 'this is insufferable, ' Forgive mo !' he cried. ] was mad to act thus. I beg your paidon miss.' • No, I can never forgi\e, you, never. You have foifeited my friendship. Yon mu^t leave me at once and forever.' Vainly he pleaded ; was obdurate. So glaring an offence could not be condoned. And so he said he would go. His whole life would be embittered, for he felt that her image could never be effaced from hia heart. ' I will go,' he said sadly, ' but before I leave there is one boon that I would ask. I feel that lam not unreasonable in desiring and expecting that you will grant this one little favour.' l What is it V she asked, gently touched by his emotion. 'Will you please take your arms from around my neck ?'
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2197, 7 August 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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176ONE LAST REQUEST. Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2197, 7 August 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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