•THE BILL AS WELL.' Oar laadl&dy w»b evidentlytrying to. prepare us for a good long fast, and -everyday the dinner got a little smaller," At last one Sunday the climax arrived. • She had provided a duck for dinner, which was hardly large enough to satisfy one man, let alone sixteen; We looked at it disdainfully, and oar sarcastic member said, 'Humph! I wonder you didn't serve that duck with its feathers on as well; it would be a little bigger then.'. ' The next time, Mr Brown,' she replied, ' I'll serve it with the bill as well. will make it a lot bigger.' £ j "....' r .... Silence] followed, Mid we all felt that the boarding-house landlady h*d scored yet onoe again?
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 426, 16 June 1904, Page 2
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119Untitled Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 426, 16 June 1904, Page 2
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