PRETTY DEEP.
I A Yankee just returning to the 'States was dining with an Englishman. and the latter complained of the mud j in America, i "Yes," said the American, "but it's nothing to the mud over here." ! "Nonsense!"' said the Englishman, j "Fact," the American replied. "Why. this afternoon I had a remarkable ailI venture—came near getting into trouble. with an old gentleman—all through iyour confounded mud!" ! 'Some of the streets are v little greasy : at this season, I admit," said the Eng- | lishman. •'What was your adventure. i though ?" j ""Well," said the American, "as I was [walking along I noticed that the mud i was very thick, and presently I saw a , high hat afloat on a large puddle of very rich ooze. Thinking to do somej one a kindness, I gave the hat a poke 'with my stick, when an old gentleman | looked up from beneath, surprised, and ifrgwning, "HaQosU.' I said, Sjpn.'ie in
pretty deep!' '"Deeper than yon think." he said. I'm on the top of an omnibus!'"
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 127, 29 May 1907, Page 6
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173PRETTY DEEP. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 127, 29 May 1907, Page 6
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