A COMPARATIVE PICNIC.
'Ah, me,' sighed the crusty old bachelor as he sat in his sumptuous hotel room, lazily blowing the fragrant smoke wreaths from his Henry Clay cigar; 'ah, me, what strange fancies are these. Here I am, almost wishing that I was a married man. Next week is Christmas, —a week of general rejoicing and good cheer; but who has an old bachelor like me got to make presents to? Whom have I to live for? Whose heart will I gladden, or whose eye grow bright with affection toward me, on the holy Christmas morn? Le's see; le's see. I've got to remember the chambermaid—one; and three bell boys—four; and two por-ters-six; and the elevator, and the head waiter, and the individual waiter, and the night clerk, and the bar tender, and the cigar stand, and the scrub woman, and the detective, and the policeman on his beat, and seventeen odd nephews and nieces, and—oh heavens, I only wish I was a married man with ten small children. What a comparative pie that would be.'
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 304, 24 December 1898, Page 3 (Supplement)
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177A COMPARATIVE PICNIC. Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 304, 24 December 1898, Page 3 (Supplement)
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