WOMAN'S SUPERIOR ENDURANCE.
Man is a feeble child of destiny, who can't lose a pound on a horse race or find a shoe-button in his soup without showing vexation in every line of his face, while a woman will not so much as wink an eye-lash if she happens to come unexpectedly face to face with an old beau who honeyed up to her five years or more in the most attentive courtship, and jilted her without a word of warningto marry a dowdy with a little money. A woman may not be able to slice onions without shedding tears of pain, but she can step on her own heart and never winc6.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1217, 27 January 1886, Page 5
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113WOMAN'S SUPERIOR ENDURANCE. Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1217, 27 January 1886, Page 5
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