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HAVE YOU BOUGHT IT YET?

Is a'question which appeals to almost every ■ phase of- lifer. '..The child who is promised a gift ofteni asks !the parent i Have you bought it yet? and' you can notice the intense look of disappointment upon its face when you reply that you havo not.' Then the young lady, when her young admirer, hasi been brave enough to ask ■ the lohg-waited-for question, and 'die has replied favourably,' naturally asks him : Have you bought ifc'yet? meaning, of course, has he the" right size of ring, • and if he: has not: -lone eo, then she too, is disappointed.' Then cornea the •. marriage'day,when in due course the lucky, or unlucky, pair stand before the official ing minister/ Everything is getting on famously until the .tiini'.cdmea.to produce the rihg;;.The bridegroom fuihbles lin his . pOokot. He cannot find it;-'-•Lost Then in hard, cold wordi cotnes'Ahe inquiry from his annoyed: intended mether-in-law: Have;you bought it yet? 4nc so on through life various incidents happen and the inquiry is : often made: ;■ HaTe. .yot bought it yet? .It so happens; that it iapar of human'nature to: keep on putting off thiuga and that is the reason .the inquiry is so oftei made. Now, delay, in all things, is dangerous and that is the reason why you should bu; Hod Cross Ointment to-day, and not leave tiro curing it till to,morrow. An acoident migh happen- to-night. Vwhen the'. shops ,are closed If you have it nandji in the house it, will'b tho means;of saving immense suffering. Mab; a nerson: has had cause to praise the healia pror°rtip« of the Mighty •- Healer, aB. fte Cross Ointment has been aptly called. • Get pot to-day. As .your grocer and'chemist stooii Ecd Cross all tne time, 'and the price is onl one stilling and sixpence, there is no reaso vrhy the question; should be asked ,yf>u again Have you: bought it yet? .

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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 657, 6 November 1909, Page 5

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HAVE YOU BOUGHT IT YET? Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 657, 6 November 1909, Page 5

HAVE YOU BOUGHT IT YET? Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 657, 6 November 1909, Page 5

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