TRUE MOURNING.
With a face that vainly endeavoured to appear mournful, and eyes that strove to produce a respectful flow ol te.lN, Patrick Murphy entered a shop. "1 want ye to tell me," he began, "phwat the custom is fo' wearing iv mourning; the depth of it. I mean?" "Well,*" replied the asiistant, "of ■course, it varies. It it is a near relative, ;c band of black on the sleeve cr hat, and for a distant relative or friend a blfc-k tie is enough." r'or sonic momenta Patrick Murphy considered. "Give me a shoelace,'* he said at last; "it's me wife's' mother.''
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 288, 29 June 1917, Page 4 (Supplement)
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102TRUE MOURNING. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 288, 29 June 1917, Page 4 (Supplement)
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