' I suppose I might as well deatroy thip,' said the tailor disconsolately to his wife, taking the bill duo him from one of Ihe deacons of the ohuroh to which they belonged. ' Not a bit of it,' returned his wife. ' Give it to mo.' The next Sunday morning when the plate was passed round for subscriptions to pay off the floating debt the dropped the bill in it, and before the.middle of the weok it was paid. ' Marriage is a lottery,' remarked the happy tailor, as he pocketed the money, ' but I advise every miD to take the chances.'
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2554, 15 June 1882, Page 4
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99Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2554, 15 June 1882, Page 4
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