Mr. Henpeck ordered his meal. and waited patiently for it to be served. Half-way through the second course the waiter came up quietly to his table. “Excuse me, sir,” he whispered, “but I would advise you not to hurry with your meal.” Henpeck gulped back a cry of -surprise. . ■. , . ", • : “Good gracious!” he exclaimed. “Why ever shouldn’t I!”
“Well,' sir,” said the .waiter,, looking nervously round, “you are sitting, on a prize-fighter’s hat, but he doesn’t, know it yet.” ■ ■ • -
Joan: I hear you have given up Mabel. John: Yes, I thought she was perfect, but last night I found something about her I didn’t like. ' ■ • - i Joan: What was that? ‘ •“ John: Bill’s arm.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 September 1932, Page 18 (Supplement)
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