A FAUX PAS.
'A young lad who looked about thirteen was busily engaged holding up a sunny wall and smoking a cigarette,; when an elderly lady came up to him... ■ ' .' ■' "Does your father know: .that you are smoking, little boy?" she inquired bitingly." •' •'.. ' ' ■ The boy regarded her open-mouthed. He took a few more puffs from his cigarette and looked her up and down, steadily.. Suddenly he caught sight of the wedding ring on her left hand. "You're a married woman, ain't you?" he said. . . - ■ ■ . ■ ".:.., "I am,",agreed.the woman. : "Th.eu," snapped the : . boy, "does'your husband know you speak to strange men?"
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 10, 12 January 1929, Page 19
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99A FAUX PAS. Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 10, 12 January 1929, Page 19
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