Literal Truth. —A geutleraaa riding came to the edge of a morass, which he considered unsafe. Seeing a peasant lad, he asked whether the bog was hard at the bottom. " 0 yes, quite hard,'" replied the youth. The gentleman rode on,, and - the horse began to sink. " You rascal," shouted/j lie, " did you not say it was hard at the bottom ? 'fJ " So it is," rejoined the rogue, " bat you are ao« half-way down yet."
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 15, Issue 749, 3 January 1870, Page 3
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75Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 15, Issue 749, 3 January 1870, Page 3
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