A MYSTERY EXPLAINED.
Creditor — " Can I collect that bill ol tome?" Debtor — " I'm afraid not, to-day." Creditor — " I hear you're going to have a new house put up." Debtor — " Yes." Creditor — " Seems very queer to me that a man who can't pay hi 6 honest debts can be putting up houses." Debtor — "Did you hear was going to put it up for me 1" Creditor — "No." Debtor — "Auctioneer."
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 9921, 5 February 1894, Page 4
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68A MYSTERY EXPLAINED. Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 9921, 5 February 1894, Page 4
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