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Weddings, 1884

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A Story Wedding. Chapter Xxvl. Ruth Follows the Black Ghost—what Happened at the Tomb

Evening News · Wednesday 26 November 1884 · page 7

Ruth was not at the tea-table. She had been confined to her bed all day. Perfect as her constitution was, it was not proof against the successive influences of excitement, fatigue, anxiety,…

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A Stormy Wedding. Chapter Xxvii. at the Bottom of a Well

Evening News · Thursday 27 November 1884 · page 7

The man she left standing before the entrance of the tomb remained motionless for more than a minute, looking after her. Then his eyes dropped upon the key that he held in his hand, and…

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A Story Wedding. Chapter Xxix

Evening News · Friday 28 November 1884 · page 7

YOUR SINS SHALL FIND YOU OUT. Twilight had fallen upon Witch Lake. The after-glow of a splendid sunset still painted the air, but found no answering glow in the breasts…

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A Stormy Wedding. Chapter Xxx.—continued

Evening News · Saturday 29 November 1884 · page 7

At first I thought they were shallow recesses, but I discovered that they extended back farther than I could reach. I resolved to explore one of them. I entered it, bending my body half way…

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A Stormy Wedding. Chapter Xxx.—continued

Evening News · Monday 1 December 1884 · page 7

'He followed me down into the vault. I showed him my uncle, and told him all. He was terribly shocked. Selma had been a kind of guardian, an adopted mother to him. fie had seen little of…

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An Economical Wedding

Evening News · Tuesday 2 December 1884 · page 6

Here is a funny, though truthful story from a place on the Lincolnshire coast to the effect that one day last month a young lady and gentleman rode up to the parish church at the seaside place referred to on…

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Social. a Naval Wedding

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 December 1884 · page 1214

The Glebe were an air of unusual gaiety yesterday; Texteth was the centre of attraction; the cause the marriage of the third daughter of Sir George Wigram Allen. The early rooming was stormy, and many were the fears…

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Jewish Breach of Promise. an Amusing Case. the Bootmaker and Wedding Broker

Evening News · Tuesday 23 December 1884 · page 3

In the Queen's Bench Division, London, before Judge Wills and a common jury, the action Marx v. Cohen for the recovery of damages for breach of promise of marriage was tried recently. Both…

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Another Naval Wedding

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 December 1884 · page 1319

All Saints Woolashra was the centre of attraction for a large portion of the social world of Sydney on the 17th inst. when Major Dowding R.M.L.I., of H.M.S. Neson was married to Miss Florence Lamb oldest daughter of…

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