REVENGE IS SWEET.
a spirit of retaliation is not lightly to be justified, bnt there certainly are occasions when it can hardly be avoided. A well known citizen, who is something of a performer upon the piano, recently passed an evening at the honse of a yonng lady. The company was agreeable, and he stayed somewhat late. As he rose to take his departure, the lady said, ‘ Pray don't go yet, Mr H . I want you to play something for me.’ * Oh, you must excuse me, to-night. It is very late and I should disturb the neighbours.’ •Never mind the neighbours,’answered the yonng lady quickly. * They poisoned our dog yesterday.’ Mr H is a scholar and a man of considerable knowledge of the world, but he is still a little in doubt as to just how this remark ought to be interpreted. Blair : *He was the greatest man I know of.’ Keir: • What did he do ?' Blair : •He wrote love-letters without making a fool of himself.'
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIV, Issue XII, 23 March 1895, Page 284
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166REVENGE IS SWEET. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIV, Issue XII, 23 March 1895, Page 284
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