The Truth Will Out.
HORRIBLE WARNING TO LADIES. They were at Monte Carlo, and like other visitors to that insidious paradise, they considered the Casino a place which ought to be visited. They stood hesitatingly before one of the tables, and at last the temptation to join the players proved too strong for the lady. “I must just risk one £lO note,” she said to her husband. “ Give me one, darling and I will put it on the number of my age. That will be lucky.” Hubby was inclined to be sceptical ; but he might have spared himself the trouble of and the /, ro note was " duly deposited on No. 34. Akis ! No 36 proved to be the winning numeral, and the lady gave a gasp of despair. •* Serve : you right'” said her husband, ""if you’d told the truth you’d have won.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3639, 14 April 1906, Page 3
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142The Truth Will Out. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3639, 14 April 1906, Page 3
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