Not What He Meant.
A gentleman, who had risen in the world, was visiting the little town that had boon his former home, and had been asked to address an audience of his former neighbours. In order to assure them that Lis success in Ihc world of commerce had not caused him to put on airs, or to lessen his respect for old associations, ho began tli us: “My dear friends, —T won’t call you ladies and gentlemen— I know you too well to say that.”
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Otago Witness, Issue 3097, 23 July 1913, Page 74
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86Not What He Meant. Otago Witness, Issue 3097, 23 July 1913, Page 74
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