GOOD RETORT. A lady was continually accusing her servant of extravagance without any real cause. The servant always bore this accusation patiently. One day the servant informed her mistress that the coal had all been consumed. This was followed by the usual remark on the part of the mistress, who finished up by saying ; "You evidently eat it." The neat day the candles were all gone. "Candles gone!" said tb.fe mistress. " Why, I bought hal| a pound only a fortnight ago." "Oh, well," rejoined tlie now gusted servant, "I can tell you where the candles have gone, I ate them to grease my throat, so that I could swallow the coal more easily.'
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11949, 7 March 1917, Page 4
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113Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Star (Christchurch), Issue 11949, 7 March 1917, Page 4
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