THAT HABIT. •'What galls me," says the man with the disturbed eyebrows, "is one of these fellows who tells you a joke and then repeats the point. Honest, though, it's finny, when you th'ink'. of it. He'll tell the joke, thin, after you've lauglud, he'll repeat the nub of it and laugh again." '"Yes?" comments the man with the pointed nose. "'Yes. Tells the joke, then repeats the point. Ha, ha ! Funny hab'it ! Tfclla it, then repeats it !" ,: Um ! I see," says the other. "I see."
Every man's life lies within the present ; for the past is spent and done with, and the i'ut»re is uncertain: —Antonius. 1323. _
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 663, 25 April 1914, Page 7
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108Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 663, 25 April 1914, Page 7
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