A FATAL OMISSION.
It was Boxing Night, and Mr Bouncer,' with, his friend Mr'Beemer, leifc home with the ostensible purpose. of goiag t> Bee the pantomime. That they. went to their club instead they both positively deny. ■'■-,'■• However that may be, it is carttiu fr.hsfc.. when Mr Bouncer went to his bed at 2 30 a.m. it was with the determination oi\ going to sleep, and with another deter- : mination that he would not be interviewed . by Mrs Bouncer. So, as 60ou ai he. entered the door, and deposited his • lauip upon the dressing-table, he i begin his . speech : •' . ' "I locked the front door. I pufc.tbe •: chain on. I pulled the key out a little: bit. The dog is outside. I put the .kitten out. The cook : took tho silver to )o4d'. £ j fahab the fasteaiags ov^r .tbe-batbri'coftt ..' window. The parlour fire ib ouf. -I put/ . the cake-box back in the cupboard. I did not drink all the milk. It is hot going to. : rain* I posted your letter aa soon ts I got to the pillar-box. I think that is all, and I will now put out the light." Mr Bouncer felt that he had hedge! . against any enquiry, and a triumphant .; smile waa upon his face as he s'igutod. a. line for the bed, when he was e&rthiuakoi by the query from Mrs Bouncer : " Why don't you take off your hat ?"
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4739, 2 September 1893, Page 3
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233A FATAL OMISSION. Star (Christchurch), Issue 4739, 2 September 1893, Page 3
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