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The lady bather hful got out of h«r depth,, aud she noukln't swiiu. Noi 3ould'thi> young- n>an at tho end ot the pier, but when -he cannf up for the frrst time and- lie caught si-^ht of her ?ac:e. he. shouted:
"Help
A burly fisVifm-nn ■.^untered up to
his side
"Wots up?" ho hoarsely cried
"My wife is drowning. I can't swiml Twenty quid for you if you can save
aer."
In a moment the fisherman, was in the sea. In unothor minute he was out Df it wnk ilic i-v-seued lady bather. Swelling wilh expectation, he came up to the young man again.
"Well, what about the twenty quid?"
de asked. ,
But if £lip young- man's face had been ashen qrov before it was now
JeacTly pale, a? he g-azed upon the features of tho recovering dame.
"Y-e-s, I knmV he gasped, "but irhen I made the offer I thought it was my wife who was drowning, and now —now it turns out it was my wife's mother."
The fisherman pulled a very long Face.
"Just my luck." he muttered-. Thrusting- bis hands into his pocket 3» "How much do 1 own you?"
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 4 August 1921, Page 4
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199GENERAL ITEMS Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 4 August 1921, Page 4
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