%r - .^VWhen William P , one of my parishioners married, he was not aware that bis wife, whom he married in haste, was cxeatly addicted to lying. The husband became sensible to this fact, and said to her one day, " I wonder you will not leave off thi9 abominate custom of lying " " I cannot help it," says the other. " Pooh 1" says her lord and master, "itmay bi done by degrees; suppose you were to begin by uttering one truth a day."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 314, 17 May 1869, Page 3
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