THE FAMILY SKELETON. political dinner. His right-band neighbour asked him why his wife was not with him. The farmer rewas not with plied : "Well, Man; thin thai she wears one of them low-necked' evening: dresses she looks nothing but skin and bone." So you persuaded her to stay at home ?" said the other, almost choking with suppressed laughter* "No," said the farmer,, with a gleam of fun in his eye. "I didn't persuade her. It's no use argifying; with Maria. I jest, turned the key on ner, and locked the family skeleton in the ciiDboard. '
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 347, 25 March 1911, Page 7
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95Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 347, 25 March 1911, Page 7
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