A DISAPPOINTED MAN.
"An excite! countryman rushed into Bam Kaulimu'a store the other morning end Biid ho wanted to buy Borne clothee 10 lurv his mother in law, who was at the piint of death, and who would bj dead by the time ho reached home. Sain cold hi n gooJB for a dress, a packet handhirchiof, a pair of gloves, a collar, a pair of th es, and some other articles, and the mm left. The nest morning ho returned with a very long face disconsolately requested Sam to take back the articles. San was astonished, and from the man's la co supposed tho mother-in-law to be ifcad, but could not imagine why the scuds Bhonld be returned. In reply to -v Sim's inquiry the man stated that when his mother-in-law suw the shooß, collar, ect., she began immediately to get better, . iiud he actually bolieved she was going to ;et well. Sam refused to trade, and his. cuetoaisr went away 6orrowfully."
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9670, 12 April 1893, Page 2
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163A DISAPPOINTED MAN. Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9670, 12 April 1893, Page 2
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