No Need to Worry.
Mis Smith, on retiring to rest the other night, heard her husband pacing up and down his dressing room, in- an evidently perturbed state of mind. "Jack," she called out, "aren't you coming to bed?" "No," was the curt reply. Awaking after her first sleep to find Mr Smith still pacing up and down like a caged animal, she called out, "Jack, what is the matter?" "Matter enough," replied her husband, in a despondent voice; "I've got that bill of Tom Jones's coming due to-morrow for £500, and I haven't a farthing towards it!" "You stupid fellow — come to bed at once! It's Jones who ought to be walking up and down — not you 1"
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Otago Witness, Issue 2849, 21 October 1908, Page 91
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119No Need to Worry. Otago Witness, Issue 2849, 21 October 1908, Page 91
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