A travelling man one night found himself obliged to remain' in a small town on account of a washout on the railroad caused by the ■ heavy rain, which was still coming down in torrents. The travelling man turned to the waitress with : “This certainly looks like the flood.” “The what ?” “The flood. You’ve read about the flood, and the ark landing on Mount Ararat, surely I” “My, no, mister,” she returned. “I ain’t seen a paper for three days.” “Why do you object to my marrying your daughter ?” “Because you can’t support her in the style to which she has been accustomed all her life.” “How do you know I can’t. I can start her on bread and milk, like you did.”
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5518, 30 December 1929, Page 3
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122Untitled Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5518, 30 December 1929, Page 3
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