THE VERY THING.
A story is told of a Avoman Avho became afflicted Avith the mania for change, and finally persuaded her husband to sell their house and try a new neighbourhood. He reluctantly placed it in the hands of a real estate agent ; and one morning shortly afterAvard his Avife came into his room in a state of great excitement Avith a newspaper in her hand. ‘ I have found the very thing that Avill suit us,’ she exclaimed ; ‘do go at once and see about it before some one else gets ahead of us !’ The poor man, thus adjured, hurried through his bath and dressing, SAvalkwed a few' mouthfuls of breakfast, and arrived in a breathless state at a house agency mentioned—only to find that the attractive advertisement referred to his OA\ r n house.
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 29, 21 October 1893, Page 5
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136THE VERY THING. Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 29, 21 October 1893, Page 5
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