One for Mary Jane.
Mrs Tartly and Mary Jane had arrived at the parting of the ways, and the mistress thought she could with safety indulge in a few caustic remarks.
"Now that you are going, Mary Jane," she said, "I hope you. will leave in a respectable manner. You lemember when you came your box was brought in a wheelbarrow. I would' not have mentioned it, but I am afraid some of our friends might see you." "That'e all right, mum, answered Mary Jane serenely. ''My new master and missue are coming for me down the street."
"Why don't they drive up to the front door?" asked Mrs Tartly. "Well, mum," said Mary Jano blandly, "I expect they don't want people to think they are visiting here ."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2856, 9 December 1908, Page 91
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128One for Mary Jane. Otago Witness, Issue 2856, 9 December 1908, Page 91
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