OVERPOWERING.
She was newly married, and did not know much • about either housekeeping or shopping, and she was giving her first order. It was a crusher ; but the grocer was a clever man, and was used to all kinds of orders, and could interpret them easily. "I want 101b. of paralysed sugar," she began., with a business-like air. "Yes'm. Anything else ?" '"Two tins of condemned milk." "Yes'm." He got down crystallised sugar and condensed milk.
"Anything more, ma'am ?" "A bag of fresh salt. Be sure it is fresh." "Yes'm. What next ?" "A pound of desecrated codfish." He wrote glibly, '"desiccated cod." "Nothing more, ma'am ? We have some nice horseradish just in." "No," she said, "it would be of no use to us ;we don't keepia horse.' Then the grocer sat down and fanned himself with sugar paper.
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2788, 11 October 1910, Page 7
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137OVERPOWERING. Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2788, 11 October 1910, Page 7
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