“I’ve alius worked for other cats,’ said Mrs Maid-next-door, “And now, if you'll excuse me, Mum, I means to work no more. My Uncle Tom who died last week—a cat aged ninety-three — Has left me all his savings and a cottage by the sea. There’s pictures on the walls, there is, and chiney on the shelf — Oh, Mum. it’s like a lovely dream. A cottage to meself!”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21280, 25 February 1939, Page 7 (Supplement)
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67“I’ve alius worked for other cats,’ said Mrs Maid-next-door, “And now, if you'll excuse me, Mum, I means to work no more. My Uncle Tom who died last week—a cat aged ninety-three—Has left me all his savings and a cottage by the sea. There’s pictures on the walls, there is, and chiney on the shelf—Oh, Mum. it’s like a lovely dream. A cottage to meself!” Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21280, 25 February 1939, Page 7 (Supplement)
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