WOULD TAKE IT WILLINGLY.
In a smoking compartment of a railway train a passenger was smoking a strong mixture vigorously, and as the train was about to start a flurried female opened the door and seated herself opposite the smoker, who, intent on his paper, puffed on, heedless of the indignant stare with which his fellow passenger was favouring him. At length she could contain herself no longer, and burst out indignantly, "Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison you." Surprised at the outburst, the smoker raised his eyes from the paper, and after regarding the angry woman intently for a moment replied, "And if you were my wife I would take the draught willingly." Silence prevailed during the remainder of the journey.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 272, 15 November 1902, Page 2 (Supplement)
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125WOULD TAKE IT WILLINGLY. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 272, 15 November 1902, Page 2 (Supplement)
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