Hotel Proprietor: Was there anything of value in the trunk of that fellow who jumped his bill? Clerk: I should say so. It was full of our linen and silverware. * * * « « I am quite surprised, Mr. Meeker, at your wife’s knowledge of parliamentary law. She ? Great Caesar ! Hasn’t she been speaker of the house for the last fifteen years? He used to complain because he never got what he wanted to eat. Yes; but he’s rich now. Yes; and now he complains because he never wants what he gets to eat. # * * * » He: Ah, I know I had the pleasure of meeting you before. Your name is Smith, I believe? She (sweetly): Well, it used to be Smith two or three husbands ago. In th© fiords of the Norway coast tli© clearness of the water is wonderful. Objects th© size of a shilling may i seen at a depth of twenty five to ili.i ys fathoms.
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Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 10, 6 July 1923, Page 3
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