A MATTER OF MONTHS.
“You sold my wife some eggs yesterday,” • said the angry man to the village grocer. “Yes/ answered Mr. Peavey, genially. “I believe I did.” “And you told her they were fresh eggs.” “Yes, I did.” “But you had no business to say they were fresh eggs.” “Why not? 1 bought them fresh from Sam Wiley.” “I don’t believe it. Sam Wiley’s an honest man.” ' ... > “Well, Sam said they were all right. He came in here with his, basket full of them and put them down on the . counter and exchanged them for a box of biscuits.” “When was that?” “About three months. ago, or so, ,1 suppose.”
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 40, 21 October 1925, Page 62
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111A MATTER OF MONTHS. New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 40, 21 October 1925, Page 62
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