- I An aged couple, who through half a century of married life had wrangl- ; ed with each other, were in all probability soon to be separated. The husband was taken ill, and was believed to be near his end. The old j wife came to his bedside, and, after carefully examining and taking stock of his condition, exclaimed : "Weel faither, yer feet are cauld, yer hauns are cauld, and yer nose is cauld." ; "I'm fear't, faither, yer gaun tae dee." "I suppose I ken whit I'm aboot." "But, faither, if y' dee, whit's tae become </ me ?" "I don't know an' I don't care. Whit I'm wantin't tae ken is whit's tae become o' me !" '
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2786, 27 September 1910, Page 7
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