NOT WHAT SHE EXPECTED. '+- , Opening the door in response to an insistent knock, the lady beheld the figure, of one ?he remembered- "■ Oh, it is you, is it?" she said, icily. ".Jt in me >" was tll6 WW*?.. "Your long-lost husband, who has come to tell you that he is sorry he ran away two years ag©.* " Maybe you. are «*orry you went," retorted the lady, " but I ain't. What did you come back for?" '* My dearest, I have been to Klondyke, and! ]&$t summer- I accmnulate4 fifty thoutiiand-- — ■' "Fif-ty thou-sand pqundsi" shrieked the loving wif©! as she fell on his. Qgofe. "No; mosquito bites." It was only a moment later that he fell on hia neck himself.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7609, 20 January 1903, Page 3
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117Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Star (Christchurch), Issue 7609, 20 January 1903, Page 3
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