FOUND AT LAST.
Young Phieas Phogg was a studious bloke, who sought to discover that ancient joke—the "Secret of Perpetual Motion." He toiled all day, and he mused all night, till his hair went grey, and his face grew white, all over this foolish notion. He went on a trip to Timbuctoo ; he stuck on the Isle of Crete. Still digging, and delving, and making holes, he worked his way to the ice-bound Polos—this man who would not be 1 eat. Till, worried and worn, and tired of life, he came back home, and married a wife. (This chance was her only one.) Then, what do you think? Why ! Isn't it queer ? He found what ho sought, for 'tis always here—at the loot ef ft woman's tongue I
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 28, 5 April 1907, Page 2
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128FOUND AT LAST. Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 28, 5 April 1907, Page 2
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