NEVER AGAIN.
‘ Mother, do you like stories * ‘ I like true ones, my child.’ * Shall I tell you a true one? * Yea’ * But you might not like it? ‘ Oh, yes, I should, if you told it? ‘ But it is quite short. Well, once upon a time there was a water bottle ’ * Yes ; go on? * Aud yesterday I broke it; but I’ll never—oh ! oh !—never do it again?
Gentleman Ito waiter who comes at last to take his order): ‘ Are you the waiter here ?’ Waiter: ‘ Yes, sir? Gentleman : ‘ I’m glad to hear you say so. I had begun to think I was?
‘Appearances are very deceptive,’ remarked the tenor. ‘ Yes? replied the prima donna, ‘ especially farewell appearances?
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XX, Issue XIV, 2 April 1898, Page 432
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115NEVER AGAIN. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XX, Issue XIV, 2 April 1898, Page 432
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