HOPE BLIGHTED.
Clergyman: "Ah, yes; bat we should not giieve too much, considering the ripeness of years to which your grandmother had attained." Sorrowing granddanghter : " Anither year, sir, an 1 we ehouldna hae mindit it a bit; bnt i'c was provokin 1 to hae her deem' at 99. We had so Bet oar hearts on her bein' a cen-cent-tarion; an' noo — noo — oh, oh ! "
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7337, 2 April 1887, Page 4
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64HOPE BLIGHTED. Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7337, 2 April 1887, Page 4
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