A young lady says that a gentleman ought never to feel discouraged when the “momentous question” is negatived by the object of his choice, “for in life, as in grammar, we decline before we conjugate.” “ You seem to be a little hoarse, my love,” remarked Simpkins to his spouse when she had a cold. *’ A little hoarse indeed!” she replied, mistaking the allusion —“ better be that than a big mule!”
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 140, 26 February 1874, Page 2
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70Untitled Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 140, 26 February 1874, Page 2
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