" I'm glad Billy had the sense to marry a settled old maid," said grandma at the wedding. "Gals is hity-tity, and widders iB sort of overulin' and upsettin'. But somehow old maids is sort o' thankful and willin' to please." And the old lady rocked away comfortably, with the consciousness of having said a good thing, but the look on fixed the old lady with her glittering eye, was suggestive of anything but meekness.
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Evening Star, Issue 9911, 24 January 1896, Page 1
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74Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 Evening Star, Issue 9911, 24 January 1896, Page 1
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