"Fountain pens," snapped the wife whose tongue had found out the secret of perpetual motion, "remind me, Horace, of some husbands !" • "Why ?" responded the meek little man. "Expensive, can't be depended on, won't work, and half the time theyarc broken !" she snorted. "That's pretty rough, Maria !" bleated Horace. "I call it most unkind, in fact. Really ! But you couldn't compare a fountain pen with some women." "Of course not !"• "No, Maria. You see, a fountain pen will dry up, and some wives won't."
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 362, 20 May 1911, Page 2
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