SAFE ENOUGH.
Biddy was what is known "as a mortal heavy slaeper," and could not be disturbed "be inythin' short ov an airthquake."
Her next door neighbor, coming in on the morning after a storm^asked: Well, Biddy Asthore, did yez hear the sthoim lasht noight?"
Biddy: What sthorm? Oi didn't hear a soun' the whole noight long, Molly.-
Molly: Ach, goodniss presarve us, an' shure Oi nivir laid a soide in bed the whole night. Oi thought the whole place wus cumin down, Glory be!
Biddy: Peuts, wuman dear! Thet needn't hey kipt yez throm yer good bed; shure .the rinti isn't paid afore nixt Saturday inyway.
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 21 August 1912, Page 7
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107SAFE ENOUGH. Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 21 August 1912, Page 7
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