WHERE HE DREW THE LINE.
The following' story was told at a dinner about * man named Jackson: "Jackson," said the narrator, ''married, one after another, five sisters. The thing is incredible, but it is a fact. "When for the filth time Jackson broached a marital proposition to his father-in-law, the old man was eight} and quite deaf. This is the conversation that ensued: " 'I want Lizzie-' " 'Hey ?" " 'I want you to give me Elizabeth.' " 'Oh, you want me to give you Elizabeth, do youl What fori' " 'For my wife.' " 'For your wife?' " 'l—wanfc—to—marry—Lizzie.' " 'Oh, yes. I hear you. You needn't rouse the neighborhood.' " 'Well, do you consent ?' " 'Yes, I consent,' said the old man. Then he shook his head, and addtd, slowly: "'Yes, you can have her. You've got 'em all now, n-y boy 15':t for eoodness sake, if anything happens to that poor nii«»uided {rirl, don't con"} back here and ask for the old wo man.'"
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 14 November 1907, Page 4
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157WHERE HE DREW THE LINE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 14 November 1907, Page 4
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