Both Curious.
"Women's curiosity," said Mr Gammer, "is a quality of mind beyond all humasi unijerstanding." "Yes," said Mra - '« you think of that?" "The actions of a woman 1 - -o town to-day," answered Mr U. .i.nier. "She- followod a man nearly half a mildjust to read a placard that was \ae.:<*nri& on his back. She spotted him in King street. That was reai.'y (he ond of th« tiiD. 1 feel sure, from something ehq Baid
$o another woman, who was too fat to "join in the' chaee. But when she caught •eight of the blue', poster tied- to .his back her curiosity got the better of her, and she set out after him. ' _ T "He led- her quite a chase, along -Manchester road, down Avon street, and thWh Chestnut square, but she never weakened. Sho faithfully followed him and finally got close enough to read the '!*»£'• "Mrs Gammer reflected a moment. What did it sa*?" ehe asked. •It advised her to get her teeth pulled somewhere along -kelson street. „-.. Mrs Gammer thought again. \Mieie were- you all the time she was trying to *%£rsA Gammer. "Oh, I was following the woman. I wanted to )S cc if she finally caught up with the man.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2728, 27 June 1906, Page 86
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204Both Curious. Otago Witness, Issue 2728, 27 June 1906, Page 86
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