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Mamma : " Why did you run off from school and spend the'whole day rowing about the river ?" Boy : " Papa said he wanted me to prepare for college."
" How do you like your new servant ?" "That isn't the question at all," answered young Mrs Torkins. " We are trying to find out how she likes us."
Merchant (to uew.br>?}: " Haß the bjokmnker tola you what to do in the afternoon ?" Youth : " Yes, sir; I am to wake him when I see you coming."
A woman who can take a mental inventory of another woman's street attire in four seconds will occupy an entire morning in telling her neighbours the details.
" Are you sura you love me for myself alone ?" asked the romantic young woman. " Well," replied the practical young man> " I don't think I love you for anyone else."
He : " I kind o' think I've seen you before. Ain't you a shopgirl at Burgen's?" She: "Sir! I'm a saleslady." He: "That's so? I'm an elevator gentleman at the same place."
Wife: " Dear, aren't you drinking too hard ?" Husband : " What put that idea into your head?" Wife: " Well, you know, you have .been detained at the offioe five times this week,"
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 169, 18 July 1903, Page 6 (Supplement)
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200IN LIGHTER VEIN. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 169, 18 July 1903, Page 6 (Supplement)
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