Mr Brown was shaving himself one morning when lie made a slight cut on Die extreme end of his nose, lie called to his wife for the court-plaster, and was told to look in her sewingbasket.
At the office everyone who entered his sanctum smiled. Very much annoyed, lie asked iiis partner if there was anything the matter with his appearance.
”1 should say there is,” answered lie. “What's on your nose?” “Court-plaster," was tiie reply. “IXo,” said tiie other; “it is the label from a spool of cotton, and is says: ‘Warranted 200 yards long.’ ”
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16815, 5 June 1926, Page 16 (Supplement)
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