He: You say tbere are no Howers for the dinner table ! here are the chrysanthemums I sent home ’ She : Oh, George, don’t speak so loud, yon might hart Bridget's feelings ; she didn't understand what they were, and has cooked them in milk.
A good old lady said to her nephew, poor preacher: “James, why did you enter the ministry ?" •• Because I was called,” he answered. '* James,” said the old lady, anxiously, as she looked up from wiping her spectacles, *' are you sure wasn’t some other noise you heard t"
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVIII, Issue XXIV, 12 June 1897, Page 744
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89Untitled New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVIII, Issue XXIV, 12 June 1897, Page 744
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