A Desirable Place to Live In.
It was in a well filled third-class carriage of an express not- timed to make a stoppage for an hour or so, and during the first half of this period one of the passengers —a very excitable and withal voluble individual —loudly inveighed against things in general and the places he happened to have visited in particular. All at once a quiet, sedate old gentleman, who had up till then sat quietly in one corner, remarked: “How would you like to live in a place where no one drank intoxicating
liquor or even smoked a cigar?” “It would Im* excellent,” replied the grumbler. ••And where everyone went to church on Sundays?** “That would be a delightful place.** “And where no one stole, or forged, or cheated?” “Tell me where there is such a place. Such a thing is impossible.” “You will find it in any of Her Majesty’s prisons,” was the quiet reply, and the grumbler was silent for the remainder of the journey.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXV, Issue X, 8 September 1900, Page 471
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170A Desirable Place to Live In. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXV, Issue X, 8 September 1900, Page 471
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