Time Wasted.
After he had waited in the cold for 10 long minutes the door was opened on the chain and a woman's face appnared at fche aperture.
" Good morning, madam," began the street hawker in his suavest tones. " I have hers a little article of universal utility. It is celled the Marvellous Mice Exterminator, and the prica is "
"No nße," interrupted the woman firmly. " Wo have no marvellous mice in this house — only the ordinary kind."
Then the dour was shut, and the hawker was once more alone.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2309, 2 June 1898, Page 52
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89Time Wasted. Otago Witness, Issue 2309, 2 June 1898, Page 52
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