A GOOD ANSWER.
Scene : Inside tramcar. An eighteen-stone old lady hanging by the strap and casting black looks at an inoffensive but ungallant male beauty, who sits sucking the head of his cane. A sudden lurch o’f the car flings thelady upon him with great force. ‘ I say, dash it, don’t you know,’ exclaimed the youth, ‘ you’ve crushed my foot to a jelly ‘ It’s not the first time I’ve made calf’s-foot jelly,’ wasthe answer. And all the other people grinned, and were glad because it had not happened to them.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 35, 30 August 1890, Page 10
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90A GOOD ANSWER. New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 35, 30 August 1890, Page 10
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