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A servant-girl living with a lady in lowa came to her mistress one day, and said : ‘ I’m sorry, ma’am, but I’ll have to leave you next month. Me and my young man are going to git married then.’ ‘ Very well, Mary,’ replied the lady. ‘ I hope, however, that you have given the matter careful consideration, and counted the cost in case one makes a mistake in marrying.’ ‘ La, ma’am, it ain’t going to cost me anything!’ was the immediate reply. ‘He has to buy the license his own self, you know. ’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 31, 30 July 1892, Page 772
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93NO RISK. New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 31, 30 July 1892, Page 772
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