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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 282, 8 June 1917, Page 1 (Supplement)

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Friend Dobbs before the war was leaving * icme for Pariii ' alld llis wi . knowing his: aversion to letter writing accommodatingly said: "Now, John, you must he eye-. and oars for us at home, and drop us an occasional post-card tolling u- anything of interest. Dcn't forget, will vou?" , . The husband promised and lett. The next morning his wife received h post-card with the following. Deal Wife, —I reached Dover all right.— fours aff." . . , Though somewhat disappointed, she thought her husband must haw been pressed for time. Two days i\atev, however, another card arrived. \ with tho startling announcement. , "Were \ am \v\ Pans. —Yours ever. ' i And still later: "I am indeed m Paris. —Yours. The wife swallowed her chagrin, and being good at retaliation, seized her pen and wrote: "Dear Husband, The children and I arc at Brixton. Yours." A few davs later she wrote attain: "We are still in Brixton. . fn Ivt last communication ri° | srrew more enthusiastic: "Dear 11 us- J hand —Here we are. in Brixton. . |,epeat it. sir we arojn Hmton. P Wf> n re. in deed. j In due time her lvisband reached heme and. almost fearing that hr< poor wife had temporarily lost her | senses, hastened to ask the meaning of her strange messages. For answer she handed him his own three postcards. | "What is sauce for the noose l-U-aife for the gander." th" -aid. I Tlioie is not the slightest doubt ! that Mr. Ji'hn Dobbs profited by the I lesson. I