THE EXACT WORDS.
A rival had purloined some of hi* perquisites, and he appealed to the magistrate for redress. "Look at the law—look at the liact, your worship, and punish him." "And what does the Act say?" asked his worship, smiling. "I a n't got it about with me, my lord, though I generally has," returned tlie palintiff, " but I know the exact words as well as it LJiad 'em 'ere. The worry identical words of the law is this, my lord : 'Hif any cove takes and prigs any perks what ain't h's'n, he'll be sent to the jug for one calico month," and no mistake."
BETTER TRY MILLINERY. "Professor," said Miss Skylight, "I want you to suggest, a course in life for me. I have thought of journaJisrn " "Waht arc your inclinations?" "Oh, my heart yearns an<l throbs and pulsates with an ambition to give the world a life work that shall be marvellous in its scope and weirdly entrancing in its vast structural beauty !" "■Madam, you're born to be a milliner."
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 99, 22 October 1915, Page 3 (Supplement)
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173THE EXACT WORDS. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 99, 22 October 1915, Page 3 (Supplement)
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