KIBBLINGS.
A > tile nonsense now and then, Is reli*hed by the wisest men. " What are you goinp to Ho when you get to be a mnn ?" asked the visitor. Tho little fellow's face ob-ii <>• d un i xprepsion o£ earnost gravity as ho lespond'jd with a voice whioh was evidently Bbaken by Bid momorieß o£ the p^st : " W hip papu." He—" Rlattie, if I only dared to ki3s you ?" She — " Harry, whatever you are don't be a coward. Tramping Jake — " It's gettin' to be too hard work to pick up a livin' ia this country. Ef it wuzn't so fur away, I'd go to Central Ameriky. A man don't hoy to do nothin 1 thero. Whole country's oovered with bananas. Nothin' to do but lay under a troo all day an' eat bananae." Rusty Rufe— "Go to pick 'em off'ni the treje, hain't ye?" "Course." "I knowod ther' wuz some drawback.,, New Shade — " Introduce me to Ananias, will you?" Mefhiatopholeß— "l can't. He's gone up to tbo earth for a while." 11 What for ?" " To inspect eomo buildingß and Bwear they're fireproof.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9645, 11 March 1893, Page 4
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