‘ When you are in Rome you must do as Romans do,’ as the American tramp said wqen he squatted on the steps of a cathedral in the Eternal City and held out his hat. «« The latest agony,” said a spendthrift to his dissipated companions, “is the way I felt this morning. My wife asked me for a £lO note, and I cut the matter short by tel ing her that it could not be done, for the simple reason that I had only a matter of five hob in my pocket.—‘ I knew you’d tell me that,’she said, ‘and it’s true too.’ And as I lo ked up in amazement, she added, ‘ I h ok- din your pockets last night. I’ve got the £lO note.’ Fancy how I felt! But what could I do ?”
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1346, 23 August 1883, Page 4
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134Untitled Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1346, 23 August 1883, Page 4
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