Three men and a woman, tramping on the road, stopped at a wayside inn to have a diink. Sal, the only lady of the party, was chiefly distinguished for the siza of her month. 'What'll yon hey', Bill?' said the spokesman. • Oh, a piat 'all do me/ returned Bill. • a.n' yon, Jem ?' ' Ob,' returns Jem,' I'll 'ay* a pint the same as Bill.' 'An' you, oui-sus ?' addressing the shark-faced Sal. 'Me,' replied Sal, in an unssiuming manner, «Ob, I'll just have a mouthful.' < No, that you won't!' hastily returned the first speaker, ' you'll 'ave to be content with a pint like the rest of us!» Mrs Van Wimper •. ' You never g&y nice things to me now as you did before we were married. You used to tell me I was pretty.' Van Wimper; ' Well, you were.'
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 389, 22 October 1903, Page 2
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136Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 389, 22 October 1903, Page 2
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