' Mutual Satisfaction.—lt is seldom j that so much mutual satisfactionis chronicled i in four lines as in the following :— | Here .lies Margaret, Stephen's wife, j We lived six mouths in broil and strife, j Death came at last, and set her free, And 1. was glad, and so was she. ; 'Dox'tdo th.vt!' 'My friend,' said a I hotel-keeper to an uvcr-voraciouy boarder. j•' You eat so much. 1 shall charge you an j extra half-crown.'—An extra half-croAvu :" j replied the boarder, with his countenance I the very pic. turn of pain. ' For goodness' j sake. d-»u't d< tlni; : i' ■ ahim-d-. d-a«I now. j eating three half-crowns worth; aud ii^yuu I out on an extra half-crown I shall certainly ' burst— l shalU'
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Auckland Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2241, 12 May 1877, Page 3
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