A certain lady had a custom of saying to a favourite little dog to make him follow her, " Come along, sir." A would-be-witty gentleman stepped up to her one day and accosted her with, " la it me madam, you called »"—" Ob, no, sir " said the lady, with great composure, "it was another puppy I spoke to."
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Auckland Star, Volume X, Issue 3081, 5 March 1880, Page 3
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