A VERY WRONG GUESS.
A reverend gentleman and oue of his enthusiastic laymen were walking afm-in-arm down one of our main thoroughfares, when they observed a party, who was a stranger to both of them, coming up the street with a smile on his face which betokened inner satisfaction and contentment. " If I were a betting man," observed the reverend, " I would wager that the man approaching is happy because of one of three things. He is either an accepted lover or has just been married, or has been presented with an off-spring. As there is no harm in asking, let us enquire into the cause of his secret happiness." By this time the bappy individual has approached) and the reverend gentleman stopped him quietly, and asked : "I do not wish to appear rude to you, but as a worker in the interest of humanity I would like to know the cause of your hilarious spirits." "I have just been divorced," said tbQ stinger, gleefully hurrying on.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XX, Issue 1334, 16 March 1887, Page 5
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167A VERY WRONG GUESS. Tuapeka Times, Volume XX, Issue 1334, 16 March 1887, Page 5
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