A policy-holder had died, and an inspector called on his widow with the cheque. He was generously proportioned, and when he sat down on the chair she indicated, he burst an aircushion on it. The widow, to his concern, gave way to a flood of tears; nor was she to be comforted by his offer to replace the cushion. “A new one will never be the same,” she sobbed. “My poor dear husband blew that one up with practically his last breath.”
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 370, 26 February 1937, Page 8
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82Untitled Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 370, 26 February 1937, Page 8
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