PAST ENDURANCE.
| Sandy had been paying fifteen shil- \ lings a week for his board. His appetite increased until his landlady sawthat she must either sell out and quit ;or raise her boarder's rate. One day -;,she plucked up courage and said: { "Mr Shiftit, I shall have to raise your board to twenty shillings." Sandy looked up with a start. "Oh, Mrs Small, don't!" said he, in & tone of consternation. "It's as much as I can do now to eat fifteen shillings' worth I"
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 279, 23 November 1912, Page 6
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83PAST ENDURANCE. Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 279, 23 November 1912, Page 6
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