Making Progress.
The gentleman who had rung the bell several times before the servant let him in was locking Burprieed and a little apprehensive -when Mrs Blykins came into the room. " I called," he explained, " to inquire' about your husband's health. He and I belong to the same club, and several of the members desired me to call and see how he is getting on. We are very sorry to hear of his illness." " It's very kind of you," she answered. There was a crash which shook the chandelier. "I think it will be only a day or two before lie is able to get out and go to town," she added. The slamming of doors 2choed heavily through tho house. "Has he been dangerously ill?" "Not until to-daj r ." " But I understood you to say that he was convalescent. " "I think I may say that he is so. He wasn't well enough to be dangerous till thii morning. But before noon 'he had discharged the trained nurse, quarrelled with the cook, smashed a rocking chair against which he knocked his toe, and thrown the canary out of the window. These are always hopeful symptoms with him. and I feel fairly justified in saying that he is convalepcent."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2371, 10 August 1899, Page 63
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208Making Progress. Otago Witness, Issue 2371, 10 August 1899, Page 63
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