Esther was ten and was accustomed to us© high-sounding phrases. One day her' niothei was ill. In the evening a neighbor came to inquire, and asked Esther, "What in the world is the matter with mother?" "Well," replied the lofty* Esther, "she's cot a headache and a iold and I don't know what else, but we think she is all right mentally. ' A woman was taken to see the composing room of a large printing works. "This," said her escort, "is the composing room." The woman' gazed around with admiration. ,Her eyes alighted on a burly "Do ask him," she said, "to play something of his." ' "
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1576, 16 February 1927, Page 2
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106Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1576, 16 February 1927, Page 2
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