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■ "Leesten 1" said the perplexed Frenchf •amaau "When you give a sing, you cannot I .keep 'eem! So?" L "So," said the English instructor. . k "But when a hones' man gives 'ees word, \ '«c keep 'eem. So?" "So, said the instructor. ; "But when 'cc give 'ees word, W can ~"** keep 'eem?' Doe? 'cc take -eem back?" ■' "No," said the in*true*drl • i "But if 'cc keep 'ees word, 'cc does not j^ive 'eeml!.' . "Oh x yes ! ,If he does not keep his word. J*e is aot a honest man." < ' "Ah, I beegeen to see ! 'Aving given ""•es word^ and not taken, 'eem back, 'cc Jeeep eem all ze while?" "That's itl" "Oh, la, la, 1»1 What a language cc& ze
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Otago Witness, Issue 2850, 28 October 1908, Page 91
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