Visitor: Goodness! How quiet it is around your house to-day. Ts anybody dead? Willie: No; but pa's standing: on tip-toe on the dictionary on top of the three-legged chair putting on a gasmantle. and baby's leaning against the chair, joggling it, and ma's sitting on the floor hoping pa'll burn his whiskers and bust tte mantle so she'll have a chance to say, "T told yon so."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 359, 9 April 1910, Page 10
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67Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 359, 9 April 1910, Page 10
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