SHE CAME DOWN ON HER.
A young lady gave her skating experience as follows: — „ -j " You ought to have seen me said the vivacious young lady to the newminister; " I'd just got the skates on and made a start, when down I came on my —— " " Maggie ! " said her mother. "What? Oh, it was too funny! One skate went one way, and the other'n t'other way, and I came on my —-—'' = "Margaret!" reprovingly spoke her father. , " Well, what ? They scooted out from under me, and down I came on my —["■:■" " Margaret!" yelled hoth the parents. "On my little brother, who had me by the hand, and liked to have smashed him. Now, what's the matter ?" : The girl's mother emerged from behind the coffee pot, a sigh of relief escaped from the minister, and the old gentleman adroitly turned the conversation into a political channel.
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3294, 12 July 1879, Page 2
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143SHE CAME DOWN ON HER. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3294, 12 July 1879, Page 2
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