HAVE YOU BOUGHT IT YET?
Is a question which appeals to almost every phase of life. The child who. is promised a gift often asks tho parent: Have you bought ft yetP and you,can notice the intense'look .of disappointment upon its face when you reply that.you have not. Then the young lady, when her young admirer has been brave enough to ask the Tong-walted-for question,, and she has replied favourably, naturally asks him! Havo yon bought it yet? meaning, of course, has ho ■the Tight'rite of ring, and if he has not done so, then she too is disappointed. Then nnmes the marrlago; day, when in duo • course tho lucky, or unlucky, pair stand before the officiating minister. Everything is getting on famously until the time comes to produce the' Ting; The bridegroom fumbles in his pocket. He cannot find it. Lost surely. Then in hard, told words conies .the inquiry from his annoyed intended mother-in-law i Have yon bought it yet P 4nd so on through life various incidents' happen, and'the inquiry is,-often.mades Have you bought it yet? It so happens that it'is part of human nature to keep on putting off things, lindthat IsHhe reason the inquiry, is sooften made. Now, delay in all things is dangerous, and that is the reason why you should buy lied Cross Ointment to-day, and not leavo nrocuring it till to-morrow. An acoidont might happen when tho shops aro closed. If you have it handy in the house it will bo the means of saving immense suffering. Many a person has had cause to praise tho healing properties of the Mighty /Healer, 'as Bed Cross Ointment has been aptly called. Get a pot'to-dny. As your grocer and chemist stocks Bed Cross nil tho time, and the price is only ono shilling/and sixpence, there is no reason Why tho question should be asked you again: Have you bought it yet?
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 639, 16 October 1909, Page 5
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317HAVE YOU BOUGHT IT YET? Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 639, 16 October 1909, Page 5
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