Baker made up bis mind that he would give his wife a splendid surprise by spending tbe evening at home, and after supper he settled himself down for a cosy time in the bosom of his family. He had no more than comfortably fixed himself when his wife asked him if his friends didn't want him any longer, and that was why he bad concluded to get acquainted with bis family. Then his mother-in-1 »w asked him if he had exhausted his credit, and was obliged to stay at home. The hired girl a>l<ed him if he was sick, and proposed to make some catnip tea. One of the neighbors came in and wanted to know if he had been having any trouble and was afraid of tho sheriff. And Baker says ali that occurred in twenty minutes, and be knows, for in exactly half an-hour be was down town again.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 486, 15 March 1881, Page 2
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151Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 486, 15 March 1881, Page 2
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