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Just a few lines to my ever dear Beattie.
My dear love. I am nearly mad.
Dear love, I love the ground you walk upon.
My dear love. I pity you from the bottom of my heart.
You are my love for life.
I think it is a yarn about my wife being alive … I think it is spite …
Dear, I would like to see you …
"On a squally autumn day in Sydney in March 1914, Beatrice Storey, a barmaid,
sued Frederick Chapman, a farmer, for abandoning her on the day of their
wedding. To be precise, she claimed £1,000 damages in the New South Wales
Supreme Court for breach of promise of marriage, a suit that could be used to
claim compensation for injuries arising from a broken engagement.
Beatrice had first glimpsed Frederick a year earlier, from behind the bar at
the Captain Cook Hotel. Cavalier, stocky and a “spinner of yarns”, he breezed
into the pub “smelling of horses and flashing his winnings”. He told her he had
been at the Moore Park races down the road. He also said he was 40, wealthy and
a widower. After a month of giddy infatuation, he presented her with a wedding
ring and vowed he would marry her.
Almost none of what he told her was true."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
