THE CAUSE OF POSTPONEMENT. "And so," remarked the man with closely-cropped hair, as he concluded a long discourse about himself, "I am going to be married at the end of the month, after havin' been engaged for nigh on ten years." "I suppose," said an interested listener, "that you preferred to have as long a courtship as possible." "Well, no, it wasn't that exactly. I'd have married her long ago, onlyonly " and he paused. "Only what ?" "Well, the fact is, we've never before happened to be both out of gaol at the same tims." Most of us are extremely wise when it comes to knowing what other people ought to do. There was a lively commotion in the choir of a certain church not long ago when the organ-blower suddenly popped out his head, and shouted : "Sing like blazes ; the bellows hi busted !"
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2788, 11 October 1910, Page 7
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