ONLY ONCE.
There is nothing like making the best of everything, but even when people do make the best of things they are veryapt to put in a qualifying ‘ but’ somewhere. Two very old people were talking one day about the delights of old age. * Why,’ said one, I we get the best of everything. At our house, all the tenderest bits of steak, the nicest morsels of chicken, the largest pieces of pie are saved out for me.’ ‘Yes,’ said the other ; ‘at our house I have the most comfortable room in the house, the easiest chair, and the warmest corner at the fireplace.’ ‘ An<l everybody looks at us kindly and respectfully.’ ‘To be sure. But, ah, John, it’s sorrowful to think—' ‘ What, Jane?' ‘ We can’t be old but once !’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 50, 12 December 1891, Page 688
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131ONLY ONCE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 50, 12 December 1891, Page 688
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