SOMETHING SOFT AND SWEET.
A minute or so before the express was timed to start on its long journey, a lady made her appearance at a carriage window, and summoned the newspaper boy. She examined.all the papers in his basket without Snding any periodical to suit her. ''Haven't you something satisfying -sweet and soft ?" she asked, The lad eyed his wdnld-be customer for a moment, then, moving away, said : "It's a' apple-dumplin' you want, mum-not a pyper I" ' \ ''Why do artists always sign their pictures ?". "It's an agreement they have, so that nobody will he able to blame one on someone else." Sculptor (to his friend): "Well, what do you think of my bust ? Fine piece of marble, isn't it?" Friend:. "Magnificent! What's pity to make abUßt of It 1 - It would hAYOmsfo
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North Otago Times, 3 September 1910, Page 1 (Supplement)
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133SOMETHING SOFT AND SWEET. North Otago Times, 3 September 1910, Page 1 (Supplement)
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