PATIENCE.
In course of my existence I have tried »fl many games Of chance and skill (or what you will), and games with other names ; But one I shun, and that is one that always sets me stamping — A. lonely game that bears the name ol "Patience" gets me ramping. A splendid fist I play at whist; at crib I'm just all right; At donkey, too, I reckon you could beat nio out of sight. But, though I'm sure I sometimes pore foB hours together at it, I must confess, with bitterness, tha* "Patience" beats me — drat it I And so, I guess, I'll play it less, and try and patient be "With bridge and 100 and euchre, too, and jolly paitners three : So just think twice — take my advice— yiel<? not to friends' persuasions; Don't" waste your brain, don't try in vain tq play tie game of "Patience." — Geo. S. Fukness. Dnnedni, August, 1905. When colds and influenza rage, They add to life a dismal page, They make us all look twice our age—! And scatter death around. 'Tie then we find a friend so sure In William Woods' Great' PeppebuikJ Curb, Which, always oortnin, tlways pure, Will save us manj a pound— CL
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Otago Witness, Volume 23, Issue 2684, 23 August 1905, Page 82
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205PATIENCE. Otago Witness, Volume 23, Issue 2684, 23 August 1905, Page 82
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