VERY USEFUL.
“This would be the very book to read to your wife.” urged the book agent. “I dou’t read, I haven't a wife !” snapped Mr. Nobbs. “‘Dear me !” exclaimed the book agent. “Well, but if your wife is dead, perhaps there are children. Now children find this book ” “There are no children,” interrupted Mr. Nobbs. “There’s nobody but me and the cat.” “Well,” said the desperate book agent, “don’t you over want a good heavy volume to throw at the cat, just to ease your feelings ? Now most books you would be sorry to spoil in this manner, but this one—”
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XLIII, Issue 2283, 5 February 1912, Page 7
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102VERY USEFUL. Cromwell Argus, Volume XLIII, Issue 2283, 5 February 1912, Page 7
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