A retriever is the most fetching thing in the world. A bare cupboard always furnishes food for thought. Tommie—Hullo, Jimmie, what kep’ you ? Jimmie—Me and the ol’ man had an arg’ment. He wanted me to haul some wood into the back yard. Tommie—How did it •nd ? ‘ln a draw—l drawed it.’ ‘lsn’t it awful?’ said Mrs Jinks to her husband. ‘lsn’t what awful?’ queried Jenks. ‘Houston’s boy was run over and received infernal injuries.’ ‘lnternal, you mean.’ ‘No, I mean infernal; I know what I’m talking about.’ After a quarrel of five minutes Jenks produced a dictionary, and with considerable difficulty managed ta find ‘infernal.’ There, he exclaimed, ‘I told you so ! Infernal means relating to the lower regions.’ ‘Well,’ replied Mrs Jenks, with a ring of triumph in her voice, ‘ain’t that where he was injured?’
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Southland Times, Issue 14333, 29 April 1899, Page 2 (Supplement)
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