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Doomed to Disappointment [from Chambers' Edinburgh Journal]

"Doomed to Disappointment [from Chambers' Edinburgh Journal]." New York Saturday Press. 23 Sep. 1865: 117-119.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
short fiction
Abstract: 

A man bemoans the deplorable conditions of his existence, thinking he is doomed for a miserable life. When he finally meets a woman he likes, it turns out she has problems breathing, and when he goes to kiss her, she has a respirator over her mouth.