Stories of the Newly Married.
She was ncvvlv married, and did not know a little bit about either housekeeping or shopping, and she was giving Iu r very first order. It was a crush er: but Ihe grocer was a clover man. and was used to all kin Is oi orders, and < ould interpret them easily. “I want two pounds oi paralysed sugar,’' she began. ‘'Ycs’ni. Anything else?” “Two tins of condemned milk.” “ Yes’tn.” lie set down pulverised sugar and condensed milk. “A bag of fresh salt. Be sure it w fre.sh.” “Yes’m. What next?” “A pound of desecrated codfish.” He wrote, glibly, “desiccated cod.” “Nothing more, ma’am? We have some nice horsertulish just in.” “No,” she sai<L “it would be of no uae to us; wo don't keep a horse.” Then the grocer sat down and fanned himself with a washboard, although tlx temperature was freezing.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXIV, Issue 7, 18 February 1905, Page 43
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147Stories of the Newly Married. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXIV, Issue 7, 18 February 1905, Page 43
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