This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...to her mother and father--"If ever you see Charles, and he should ask about me, tell him that I regret with all my heart ever having induced him to drink; for if he had not, he would have been kept out of harm's way, and you would never have had to tell the sad story of The Young Wife's Mistake." "' Yon mind your own ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...to her mother and father--"If ever you see Charles, and he should ask about me, tell him that I regret with all my heart ever having induced him to drink; for if he had not, he would have been kept out of harm's way, and you would never have had to tell the sad story of The Young Wife's Mistake." "' Yon mind your own business--I shall do as I like, ' was Tom's short and decided reply." N the outskirts of a busy town in Yorkshire, some years since, a young man might have been seen walking arm in arm with a young woman, and showing her all those little attentions which led passers-by to the conclusion that they were "courting." Such indeed was the case. John Batley had come to the conclusion that Mary Mirfield would make him a suitable wife, and Mary had also arrived at a similar conviction that John would make her a good husband, so far as his industry and general habits of life were concerned. The only real difficulty which appeared to stand in the way, was one that Mary had tried in vain to get over; and it was about this they were so earnestly talking. "Come," said John, "I've told you candidly that I'm in a position to marry, and I want to know what it is that keeps you back from letting me go and put up the banns." "It requires a little more consideration, I tell you," was Mary's reply. "That's what you have said now for months past, and I don't see that we are a bit nearer than we were." "I don't know about that," said Mary, laughing; "perhaps we may be nearer than you think." "I hope we may be, but it seems a long way off at present." "Then my advice to you is this--don't be so impatient; wait a bit, and we shall see." "Wait, you say! I th...
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