HE KNEW HIS SISTER.
Little Dick : ‘ Is this the house you and sis is to live in when you is married ?’ Mr Nicefello : ‘ Yes, my boy. What do you think of it ?’ ‘'Taint half big enough.’ ‘ Your sister, myself and a servant will constitute the family as a rule. lam sure there is plenty of room for us and spare rooms for relatives.’ ‘ Yes, plenty for the family, hut the family don’t count. What you want is strangers, all the time, too.’
‘ Ha, ha ! Why should I wish to entertain strangers, my boy ? lam not going to keep a hotel.’ “’Cause sis will always be real kind and polite to you when strangers is about.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 9, 27 February 1892, Page 216
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115HE KNEW HIS SISTER. New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 9, 27 February 1892, Page 216
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