NOT TO BE BLAMED. "John —John!" whispered Mrs. rjidgley. nudging her -husband. ''What is it?" 'lie sleepily asked. "There's a burglar in the house.'' ''.What, do you want me to do—jfet up and run fche risk of l>eing killed?'' "No; but if you find in the morning that somebody has, gone through your pockets, don't blame me." . Mere is the history of a rich man's daughter: She is born without a welcome. fed 011 a bottle, eared for by a nurse, reared in a nursery, sent away to school, dressed like a doll. She has a debut, to which eligible young men are invited; she is shown off like a horse at a horse show, and the [parents are ready to receive bids for her sale. She marries, rears children, tries to train them as she was trained, but her husband goes "broke." and she awakes to the necessity, of ilieins a mother such as her mother should have been.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 53, 11 June 1910, Page 10
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160Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 53, 11 June 1910, Page 10
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