A Bib of Romance.—' What's the matter, Tom ? Is yer engagemenb off?' ' Aye, Simeon, it's the old, old story. Family interference, mother-in-law, an' all that soro'thing. Ibdruv mo ter drink, an' I become a reck, an' ahe —abe took to the Salwation Army !'
A Flatterer.—Mr Softly, (despairingly) : Bub do you nob think you could learn to love mo?— Miss Brightly ; Oh, dear me, Mr Softly; Whab a prodigious ebudenb you must) think I am.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 56, 7 March 1896, Page 2 (Supplement)
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