NOT WHAT HE MEANT.
“ For ten years,” said tlie new boarder at an American boardinghouse, “ my habits were as regular as clock-work. I rose on the stroke of six ; half an hour later I sat down to breakfast; at 7 I was at work, dined at 12, ate supper at 6, and I was in bed at 9.30; ate only healthy food, and hadn’t a sick day in all that time.” “ Dear me,” said the deacon in sympathetic tones, “ and what were you in for ?” An awful silence ensued.
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 8, 20 May 1893, Page 12
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89NOT WHAT HE MEANT. Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 8, 20 May 1893, Page 12
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