SINCERELY REGRETTED.
"What is the charge for inserting the death of a relation?" inquired a gentleman, entering the office of a Wellington newspaper. " Ten shillings," replied the editor. " " But I only paid seven shillings for the last," remonstrated the gentleman. "Oh," said the editor, " = that was a common death, but this is sincerely regretted." 11 Well, my friend," returned th^gentleman, laying down the ten shilling*, "your executors will never be put to that expense."
Encouraging. — He — " I like the picture: with glass on best." •■—She — " Why ?"—He—" Because I can see your face in 'em."
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Thames Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 7368, 6 December 1892, Page 1
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95SINCERELY REGRETTED. Thames Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 7368, 6 December 1892, Page 1
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