« n ow then, Mr Cashmere, are you over going to get those trousers done?’ exclaimed h promising youth on hurriedly entering the establishment of his favorite tailor. ‘ They 11 be done to-morrow, sir,’ replied the tailor quietly ‘That’s what you said yesterday. ‘Exactly ’ ‘Well, isn’t this tomorrow?’ 1 Certainly not.’ ‘Well, wasn’t to-day tomorrow yesterday?’ ‘lt was, but it isn’t to morrow to day.’ ‘ Well, when in creation will to-morrow be then ?’ ‘ Don t you know, sir? 1 ‘No* ‘Do y° u the last suit I made yon?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘You will remember that when I called for my money you always said you would pay to morrow. I discovered then that to-morrow never comes Do you understand ?’ The youth sought the street, and by the gentle slam he gave the shop door it was quite evident that ha did.
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2533, 22 May 1882, Page 3
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139Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2533, 22 May 1882, Page 3
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