All About a Telegram.
Bingo: Has a telegram come for me? Mrs Bingo : Have you been expecting one? Bingo : Oh, no ;of course not ! (Sarcastically} : You don't suppose I should ask you that question if I expected one, do you? Mrs Bingo (sweetly) : You might, dear. "What ivould you say, now, if I should say that a telegram had come for you.? Bingo : A-ha ! I knew it ! I've been expecting that telegram all the afternoon ! (Impatiently) : Where is it? Mrs Bingo: I'll get it. But, dear, I thought it best to open it. You don't mind, do you, dearest' Bingo : Certainly not ! It's only a matter of business. From Jack Enslow, ain't it? Mrs Bingo: Yes, dear.
Bingo : Important meeting to-night. Says I must be there, doesn't he? Mrs Bingo : Yes dear. Bingo (rubbing his hands) : I knew it. Well, I shall have to rush off directly after dinner. Sorry for you, my dear; but, you know, business must be attended to. Mrs Bingo: Oh, that's all right, darling; but don't you want to see the message? Bingo: Why should I? You opened it, read it, like the good wife that you are, and. I fancy I can trust you. Jack wants me, and: I must go. Mrs Bingo : But there was one thing more he said, my pet. Bingo (suspiciously) : Oh, there was? Well, what was it? Mrs Bingo (all smiles) : He says he has gofc front-row seats.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2436, 21 November 1900, Page 70
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239All About a Telegram. Otago Witness, Issue 2436, 21 November 1900, Page 70
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