UNPROFITABLE SPECULATION.
"It'- no mm' talking," mill .lackson, dejectedly. "li s iiupo>sihlo to make a woman hitK r-iaml the first principle ill finance.'' •• What's the matter now I-" imiuiroil his friend. "Matter." ejaculated .lackson. "Why, when I was away yesterday the liahy swall.iweij a penny! And uluit. doe> my wife tie lint call in a doctor and pay him 7s Gd for getting the penny back.'' A I'ALL IN" fOrTUIt. A doi-4or who had heen summoned hastily alighted from his carriage to lfm( a woman awaiting him on the doorstep, hut without- the anxious look lie expected in the circumstances. "I understand." ho said, "that your ltov has swallowed a sovereign. here id lie?'' sii !" was tine reply, "I'm glad to tell you wo made a mistake. It wasn't a. sovereign, it was only a halfpenny."'
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 183, 16 June 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)
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136UNPROFITABLE SPECULATION. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 183, 16 June 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)
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