A TERRIBLE INFANT.
Little Nellie was looking at “ Wolf* Wild Animals ” when Mr jorkins calledS and appealed to that gentleman to explain one of the pictures., “That’s a wild boar,” said he, and the little lady looked at it thoughtfully, and replied ; “It don’t, look like yon, does it, Mr Jorkins ?” “ I hope not,” responded the guest. “Why?” “ Because,” said the artless innocent, “ mamma said when your card was sent up, ‘ there’s that old bore, Jorkins, again.’” And it was a full minute before mamma’s forozen lips thawed sufficiently 1 to inform the nurse it was Nellie’s bedtime.
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Patea Mail, Volume V, Issue 428, 24 May 1879, Page 2
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98A TERRIBLE INFANT. Patea Mail, Volume V, Issue 428, 24 May 1879, Page 2
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