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" I see you claim ono hour's overtime, Bill." said the master of the mill. " How's th.it? I thought no ono worked overtime last week." Bill passed a horny hand across his mouth. " Quite right, guv'nor," he replied. ''One hour's me due." Tho master regarded him suspicious"Come, when was it?" ho inquired. " Last Thursday," responded Bill. " I was sent up to j'our own 'ouse to 'elp shako carpets." "Yes; 1 remember that distinctly," cut in the "hoes." "But you got off at six sharp." " Oh, that's true, guv'nor, as far as it goes," assented the man. " But your missus give me! 'arf a meat pie to take-'ome, an' that there hour is for bringin' the dish back!" The contradictions of life are many. An observant man remarked recently that he was prowling about a certain city square, when ho came upon a drinking fountain which bore two conflicting inscriptions. One, the original inscription on the fountain, was from tlio Bible—" And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely." Above this hung a placard—" Please do not waste the water."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9954, 16 September 1910, Page 3
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182O.T. Star (Christchurch), Issue 9954, 16 September 1910, Page 3
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