HOME-FARE AND RESTAURANT.
‘ Well, madam,’ says the head of the house, who had apparently got out of bed on the wrong side, ‘ what have you got for breakfast this morning ? Boiled eggs, eh ? Seems to me you never have anything but boiled eggs. Boiled Erebus ! And what else, madam, may I ask?’ ‘ Mutton chops, my dear,' said the wife, meekly. ‘ Mutton chops !’ echoed the husband, bursting into a peal of sardonic laughter. ‘ Mutton chops ! I could have guessed it ! Madam, if ever I eat another meal inside of this house ’ and, jamming on his hat and slamming the door, the aggrieved man bounds down thestairs and betakes himself to the lestaurant. ‘ What’ll you have, sir?’ says the waiter, politely handing him a bill of fare. ‘Ah !’ says the guest, having glanced over it. ‘ Let me see ! Bring me two boiled eggs and a mutton chop.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 6, 6 February 1892, Page 144
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145HOME-FARE AND RESTAURANT. New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 6, 6 February 1892, Page 144
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