A QUIETNER.
He was extremely absent-minded, owing to a life of excessive nagging with his wife. The stormy scenes that he had gone through so preyed upon his mind that he could scarcely think of anything else. Being left in sole charge of the baby one evening, he discovered that there was nq lamp-oil in the house, and, not daring to leave the baby alone, he took the child with him to the oil-shop, armed with the baby in one hand and the oil-can in the other
“Sit down quietly ; there's a darling," he said to the oil-can, placing it on the counter ; and handing the infant over to the shopman, he added :
"Just fill this up with paraffin please."
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Northland Age, Volume IV, Issue 47, 13 July 1908, Page 8
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120A QUIETNER. Northland Age, Volume IV, Issue 47, 13 July 1908, Page 8
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