A STRANGE MACHINE.
*' A cnv is a stran-e machine, isn't he '' queried the colonel, as he looked out *i tit office window. " I don't see anything to very strani, it that particular boy." riplied on*y. *.« otter as he sauntered np,,.d saw- a boy of ten or. the opposite side oiime street. "he- lie's got a jug," persisted (jat ig it round his head !" You never saw a boy : it before he gets to the the colonel. Ed up to watch further boy continued to swing • ber.t upon performing it, ar.d just before he ' his hand slipped, and -u\; him—here's your money !" growled ither. i hour later, after spending the interval lernn thought, the loser mildly inquired: r-oloiu 1. did you think you had a sure ;ertaiuly. I bcught the jug for that an;i gave him 3, shilling to carry out srqjtfujune." •,;. ...
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 28, 5 February 1901, Page 4
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141A STRANGE MACHINE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 28, 5 February 1901, Page 4
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