A Rural Sherlock Holmes.
" Gentlemen," began the proprietor of the unly hotel at Basswood Corners, "I've run this here institution for over 30 years. It's given me a first-rate chance to study human nater. An' now, in some respects, I think I'm a sort of Sherlock Holmes. I've had married couples come here in all stages of their matrimonial careers, from the bluehin', cooin' things that hain't got the rice off 'em yet to the couples where the man lets the woman carry most of the luggage, an' I tell ye, gentlemen, I can tell purty straight how long a couple has been married by watchin" the husband got his wife a drink of water." "Go ahead," we said. "Whafs your discovery?" " WelJ, when the tender young honeymooners come here, an' the feller gets the bride a drink of water, if there's any left in the glass after she gets through, why, ho drinks it. If the couple has been married a year or so, the feller will throw out the water that his wife leaves in the glass and get himself some fresh. Ain't that purty straight?"
" Yes, but it doesn't go far enough. How can you tell if they've been married several years?" " Very easy, very easy. Then the feller not only throws out the water his wife leaves, but rinses the glass out before he gets any for himself."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2358, 4 May 1899, Page 61
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232A Rural Sherlock Holmes. Otago Witness, Issue 2358, 4 May 1899, Page 61
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