SHE HEARD NOTHING DROP.
4 Delia!’ 4 Tis, ma’am.’ 4 1 am very tired and I’m going t<j lie down for an hour.’ 4 Tis, ma’am.’ 4 If I should happen to drop off, call me at 5 o’clock.’ 4 Tis, ma’am.’ So my lady lies down, folds her hands, closes her eyes, and is soon in the land of dreams. She is awakened by the clock striking 6, and calls indignantly : ‘Delia!’ 4 Yis, ma’am.’ 4 Why didn’t you call me at 5 oclock, as I ordered ?’ 4 Sure, ma’am, ye tould me to call ye if ye dropped off. I looked in. on ye at five and ye hadn’t dropped off at all! Ye was lying on the bed in the same place, sound asleep!’
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Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 20, 11 August 1894, Page 9
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127SHE HEARD NOTHING DROP. Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 20, 11 August 1894, Page 9
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