Why They Laughed.
Two women and a bright little gill occupied seats in a Prospect- avenue < ar the other evening. The little girl attracted attention with her questions and answers. It was when th» car reached Eighteenth street that the climax was reached. At that point the car makes a long stop before pulling up the hill. It was while the car was at a standstill that a pretty woman, and evidently a friend of the two in the car, passed along. "Oh, dear ! There's Mrs S. My ! She i? such a handsome woman," said the mother of the bright little girl to her friend. "Yes. She is beautiful," assented the friend. The little, girl was looking ont of the window after tho fitftrn* stiolling up the hill. Presently sbe turned in her ?eat. "Say, mamma, you look just like that "I)o I, dear" a<-ked the mother, sweetly. "Yc»>. .lu=t "zactly— all 'cc-pt tho hrad." The- little girl is still wondering why the rai/ul of people laughed.— Kansas City Journal.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2529, 3 September 1902, Page 72
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