REBUSES.
i. — Oliver Goldsmith, n. — Ashby-de-la-Zouch. TIMES HAD CHANGED. Young Husband — " The theatre will be half over before we get started." Young Wife — " Well, I can't get these gloves buttoned." " Don't see why you should be slow and awkward about a common thing like that." " I never had a chance to practise before." " Nonsense. Never had a chance to practise ? ' ' " No, there were always plenty of young men around to do that for me, you know, my dear." ' I saw a good thing in the last number of your paper, ' remarked an Auckland man the other day to the proprietor of an up-country paper. ' What was that ?* eagerly asked the newspaper man. ' A pound of steak,'
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Observer, 21 December 1893, Page 33
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116REBUSES. Observer, 21 December 1893, Page 33
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