SHE WANTED MOTTOES.
A gentleman 1 whose wife hadVinstrudtVd him to purchase a few !nicb appropriate ; mottoes, became iDebriated. x and forgot " jast what was wanted of him. He bad a s . confused notion that his irife'tf request was in some way relative to his purchase of something in the way of sign cards, so he called upon *a, dealer and purchased quite a variety. *"Tye got'em'(fiic) my dear. ( He-here's a, whole lot of nice uns," he said,, as he triumphantly' pro duced hiv package. With a sigh over his* ,' maudlin condition she opened' the parcel and found the following :—" Hand Offs,' " Your. ChoicejforFifeCjeinti.V-"; Lookout for theLpcam9,tire," " Keep Off the Grass; No Dogs Admitted," " HamfSaodwicbes Ten Cents E«pbi";"?Tpm, and j Jerry." "For Kent," "Oysters in all Styles." Then the lady went down town and made her own selections, and when her husband woke up one marniog? alter-« spree^tbatcoat him 400dol, a placard stared him in ? the race from Jiis bedroom wall, " UHm Did it," and "when he turned o?er with a groan he noticed the warning, " Shun the Bow)." Shifting uneasily to the other side he caught sight "of " Death in, the. Cup," drunk since., ,
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4417, 1 March 1883, Page 4
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195SHE WANTED MOTTOES. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4417, 1 March 1883, Page 4
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