HAVE YOU. BOUGHT IT YET?.
Is a question which " appeals ' to almost every phase of life. : The child who is promised a gift 1 often asks the' parent: Have you- bought it ; yet?- and you oan notice the-intense look of disappointment upon its face' when; you reply - that yon have ; not. Then- the- young lady, when, her young admirer has been Draje enough to ask the long-waited-for question, and she has .. replied; favourably, naturally asks liim: Havo you bought it yet? meaning, of .course,'has he the right size, ring, and if ho has not done so, then she too is disappointed. Then comes the marriage day, when, in due course, the lucky, or unlucky, pair stand before the officiating minister. 1 is getting on famously until tho time comes to produce the ring.; The bridegroom l - fumbles in Jiis pocket. He cannot find it. Lost surely. Then in hard, cold words oomes the inquiry from his annoyed intended mother-in-law:' Have you bought it -yot?-, And so on through-life various incidents and the. inquiry is : often made: Have you bought it yet? It so happens that it is ]>art of human nature to/ keep on putting off things, and that is the reason tho inquiry is so often made. Now, delay in all things is dangerous, and that is the reason why you should buy.Bed' Cross- Ointment today, and not. leave proouring it-till tomorrow. An accident might happen tonight when the shops ate closed. . If you! have it handy in the, houso it -will bo' the .m'eans of saving immense suffering.' Many a person lias had cause to pi'hise the. healing proporties. of the Mighty Healer, as Red Cross Ointment has been aptly called. Get a pot to-day. As your grocerand chemist stocks;Eed" Cross all the time, and > the price is only one shilling "and. sixpence, there is no reason why the question should: be asked you again: Have you. bought it yati :
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 728, 29 January 1910, Page 5
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322HAVE YOU. BOUGHT IT YET?. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 728, 29 January 1910, Page 5
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