MISTRUST.
A Durham miner, aged seventy- throe, visited a Newcastle lawyer (a bachelor) for the purpose of making his will. The old man's property consisted of two email oofcUgos, which had ccst him £150, and a little furniture. The lawyer having asked his olient how he wished to dispose of his property, the latter replied : "Ma aud woman hea to hov sail so lang as ehe's ma widdow. Effctr that, my bairns gets aail." "What age is your old woman P" asked the lawyer. " Seventy-two," replied the mincjf. " And how long have yon and your wife bean married ?" asked tha lawyer. " ■ " Over fifty yora," replied tho miner. Thereupon the lawyer sug^gsted to hia client that he should givo tho wife tho iaterest during her life, whether she continued a widow or otherwise. " Rinney, aa winnot ; aa'll hev ma aan way," snid the miner. " But surely," replied the lawyer, "you doa't expect your old woman, now noventytwo years old, would marry again after your death?" " The miner, looking the lawyer" fall in tho face, answered with much solemnity : " Wey, hinney, thor'a nae knaaing what young cheps like yoursolf will da for money."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5154, 12 January 1895, Page 3
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191MISTRUST. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5154, 12 January 1895, Page 3
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