Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image

A FAITHFUL MARRIED MAN.

S In one of the most frequented of the v haunts of men and the marts of trade c there appeared the other day a welli known business man earring, with firm b grip, an umbrella with a slender, oval shaped handle mounted with silver. y He clearly had something on his mind. 1 It was the umbrella. Nothing would s induce him to relax his hold on that s umbrella. Finally one of His friends 3 asked : v ' Hadn't you better put that umi brella down for a minute ? ' i ' Not for the world, said the married man. I value my domestic happiness 1 too much for that.' 3 ' Your domestic happiness ? What's i domestic happiness to do with umf brellas ? ' I ' It's this way,' responded the marj ried man. This is my wife's um- > brella ; I've lost six of ray own in the I past month, but I borrowed this on > the express condition that I shouldn't i lose it and I shan't. No man gets this umbrella except over my dead I body. You hear me ? ' And they saw the reason of the t strong grtp. >

This article text was automatically generated and may include errors. View the full page to see article in its original form.
Permanent link to this item

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ME19000329.2.16.8

Bibliographic details

Mataura Ensign, Issue 717, 29 March 1900, Page 4

Word Count
193

A FAITHFUL MARRIED MAN. Mataura Ensign, Issue 717, 29 March 1900, Page 4

A FAITHFUL MARRIED MAN. Mataura Ensign, Issue 717, 29 March 1900, Page 4