A MEAN FELLOW.
Mr Blinks: ‘ I met a woman to day that I thought a good deal of once.’ Mrs Blinks : ‘ Oh, you did ?’ ‘Yes. I used to do my very best to please her.’ • Humph !’ ‘ I did everything I could to win her affection.’ ‘ My goodness !’ ‘ And at last I succeeded.’ ‘ Wha—’ * She granted all that I asked, and by so doing made me the happiest man alive.’ ‘ Merciful—’
‘ I asked her to come right up to the house with me today, but she had some shopping to do, and cannot get here until supper time.’ • Mr Blinks, I am going right home to my mother.’ ‘ She isn’t at home, my dear. It was your mother that I met. She gave me you.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XV, Issue XXIV, 14 December 1895, Page 760
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124A MEAN FELLOW. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XV, Issue XXIV, 14 December 1895, Page 760
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