A DOUBLE MEANING.
Jones had married the prettiest woman in town, and Brown had married the plainest, and thought she was beautiful. One evening they -were talking about their respective better halves, and Brown remarked: \ " I say, Jones, I think you and I married the two prettiest women. in townV' ; ; . v> Jones looked at him in surpriae a xnomeat, r but he saw he was serious : . . • '. ■ . .-..• - . : y' "Well," he replied cautiously, and with.: -, pride, " I suppose you are about half right, . * old fellow." ... :■■'■ [>'■'■ Brown didn't see the point until he told ' his wife.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5014, 28 July 1894, Page 3
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93A DOUBLE MEANING. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5014, 28 July 1894, Page 3
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