A CRACK CANNOT MOVE.
There was company "to dinner in TSfellie's house -in South Broad street, and the diners were enjoying the first course, which consisted of oyster soup. Nellie made away with hers for some time in silence, until she had nearly cleaned the plate, when she suddenly jpaused, and lco 1 ing at her mother across the table, said, in a stage whisper : - ' 1 MammX "what you fink ? ' Dere's a hair in the SOUT) !' 1 Hush, TSTellie,' said mmma, frowning. « It's nothing but a crack in the platp.' Nellie moved the bowl of her spoon back and forth over the supposed crack, ard then exclaimed, triumphantly : » 1 'Kin a crack move ?'
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7, 20 February 1908, Page 37
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113A CRACK CANNOT MOVE. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7, 20 February 1908, Page 37
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