WHAT HE FEARED
A story is told of an old negro who saw an extraordinary-looking instrument in tho shop of an optician, lift gazed in open-mouthed wonder, and, turning to the optician, inquired: “What is it boss?” “That.” replied the optician.” is an opthalmpmeter. ” “Sho’, ” muttered the other, his eyes fastened on* tho thing as he backed out; "sho’ dat’s what I afcared it was!”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 140, 16 June 1931, Page 11
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65WHAT HE FEARED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 140, 16 June 1931, Page 11
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