Silas Grippitt was a tight-fisted, hardhearted old farmer. His brother William died, and Silas drove into town to have a notico of his death inserted in tho weekly newspaper. “There ain’t no charges, be there?” he asked anxiously. “Oh, yes, indeed,” answered the clerk. “Our price is 10/- an inch.” “Ruination!” muttered the old man. “An’ Bill stood six foot two.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7294, 2 August 1930, Page 16
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