The Last Straw.
A man once.went into a coffee tavern', and when he got in he saw a pladard in the shop which said : ‘As many pancakes as you can eat for a shilling.’" So he sat down and asked the waiter 50 bring He did so ; and aifter eating about fifteen* the waiter sdid': ‘ I hope you have had a good dinner? • ‘Yes.’ he said, 4 but I’ll have'another and then 4 And then what ?’ said the waiter. 4 Then you can start and make them a hit thicker.’ . . - ' .
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Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 22472, 5 December 1901, Page 3
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90The Last Straw. Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 22472, 5 December 1901, Page 3
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