HIS NEW DELUSION.
Mrs. Fadde, Faith Curist—How'is your grandfather this morning, .Bridget? Bridget—He still has the rheumatics mighty bad, mum. You mean he thinks he has the rheumatism. There is no such, thing as rheumatism: Yes, mum. • ' ■■■••■ "
A few .days later
And does your grandfather still persist in his delusion that he has the rheumatism. - "■' •■
No, mum ; the poor man thinks now that he is dead. We burried him yisterday. : ■ - . ■
'John, the butcher has made a mistake of half-a-crown in the bill this week '— 'Oh, has he? I'll go round and row him and pet him to take it off.'—'But it is to be added. He's charged us that amount short.'—'Perhaps we'd better not mention it, then. It may get one of■ his -men into trouble.' . . , . • ■
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 101, 30 April 1898, Page 1 (Supplement)
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126HIS NEW DELUSION. Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 101, 30 April 1898, Page 1 (Supplement)
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