VERY BLANK VERSE.
Countryman (in bookshop): ‘ Say, how much is this book ?’ Clerk : • That Shakespeare ? You may have that for five shillings.’ Countryman (opening the book) : ‘ Um—guess I don’t wan’t it, arter all. Half the lines ain't carried out to the margin, and thar’s pretty near as much paper as print. I like solid readin’ best, myself.’
Rescuer : * I have brought your son home; 1 have rescued him from drowning.’ Mother : ‘ Accept a mother’s thanks. Now, Charles, I hope this will be a good lesson to you. Don’t you ever go near the water again til) you know how to swim.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume X, Issue 8, 25 February 1893, Page 192
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101VERY BLANK VERSE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume X, Issue 8, 25 February 1893, Page 192
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