AN INGENIOUS DEVICE.
r Mistress : * What have yon marked that “ T.M.” on all yonr pies for, Norah ?’ Norah: * Snre, ma’am, that’s to tell th’ mince pies from th’ apple piea. “T.M.” on the mince pies is “’Tie mince,’’ and “ T.M.” on th’ apple pies is “ 'Taint mince " —so I kin tell ’em, ma’am, widont cut tin’ 'em.*
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 31, 30 July 1892, Page 774
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57AN INGENIOUS DEVICE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 31, 30 July 1892, Page 774
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