PERHAPS HE DID.
A.little.wltilo ago the nevrly-elected" mayor of a provincial town was about to make his first journey in that capacity through, the place. ■ ■■'"■ The townspeople had arranged that from an arch of flowers, under which ho Mas to pass, a floral crown should hang, surmounted by the words, "He well deserves it." But the' wind blew away the crown, and when the pompous mayor passed ittder the arch, to the great joy of those who had voted against him, only a rope with Ta noose at the~-i©nd of it dangled there, with "He iweO. it" standing out in bold relief above.
'First: "Been at many balls lately?" |..;The Seedy One: ','Oh, well, just the usual three, old chappie!"
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19110617.2.29.18.1
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12765, 17 June 1911, Page 10 (Supplement)
Word Count
120PERHAPS HE DID. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12765, 17 June 1911, Page 10 (Supplement)
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.