SENSIBLE ALMOST TO THE LAST.
Mr and Mrs Tom Muleahy lived on a farm. They were shrewd and thrifty, and had the reputation of being " close." Finally Mrs Mulcahy sickened and was about to die. Finding herself nearing the end, she expressed a, desire to put things in order before that event occurred, and old Tom prepared to listen.
"Tom," said Mrs Mulcahy,"there's Mrs Smith, up at the crossing, she owes me 1 del. for butter ; see ye get it." " Sensible to the last, my dear ; sensible to the last," said Tom. " I'll get it." " Then there's Mrs Jones, up the creek, she owes me 1 d 01.50 for chickens." " Ah, look at that, now, for a moind ; she forgets nothing." " And Mrs Brown, in the village, she owes me 2 dols>3o for milk." " D'ye hear that ? Sensible to the last; go on my dear." " And—and—" " Yes." " And Mrs Roberts, at the toll-gate, I owe her—" " Ah, poor dear," broke in old Tom, hastily ; " how her moind does be wandering ; sure we've allowed her to talk too much entirely, that we have !"
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 181, 12 April 1878, Page 3
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182SENSIBLE ALMOST TO THE LAST. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 181, 12 April 1878, Page 3
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