UNPLEASANT FOR THE LAWYER.
A young typewriter had just been hired by a prominent lawyer; but she had never done regular work before, and was somewhat nervous. The lawyer settled himself back in his chair and began dictating from mind a brief. He had pegged away for about ten minutes, when the girl stopped, with a horrified look on her face. ‘What’s the matter?’ asked the lawyer. ‘ Would you mind saying that all over again ?’ the girl asked, with tears full of eyes. * Why ?’ ‘ I forgot to put any paper in the machine!’ TOO HASTY. Niece (showing the wedding presents to Uncle George): * I wanted you to see them all, George, so that you won’t send a duplicate. Duplicate wedding presents are so very, annoying, you know.’ Uncle George : ‘ H’m ! What’s this ?’ 1 ‘That’s papa’s cheque for five hundred pounds. Isn’t it lovely ?’ ‘Very. I intended to send the same thing ; but rather than annoy you with a duplicate present I’ll send you twenty-five pounds in gold.’ ICE CREAM I She stands in meditation sweet, Where womanhood and girlhood meet, And sees, in colours rich and rare, Soft in the summer time so fair, A vision—’tis not all a dream ! Of what she longs for most —ice cream.
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Golden Bay Argus, Volume VII, Issue 67, 12 September 1901, Page 3
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208UNPLEASANT FOR THE LAWYER. Golden Bay Argus, Volume VII, Issue 67, 12 September 1901, Page 3
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