A PATIENT SERVANT.
"Yes, sir,” said Uncle Elmer, who was telling about his life and experiences in the Sandwich Islands. “Yes. sir; we
had one of the laziest cooks you ever saw.” “Is that so?" politely asked one of his nieces. ‘lndeed, yes. Many's the time our dinner has been two or three days late just because she waited for the volcano in the back yard to erupt, so she could broil the steak over it instead of kindling a fire in the range."
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXII, Issue I, 2 January 1904, Page 64
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84A PATIENT SERVANT. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXII, Issue I, 2 January 1904, Page 64
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