Returning to the village, after her runaway match, the new bride said to an old gardener: “I suppose my elopement was a nine days’ wonder?” “It would ’ave been, mum,” replied the old fellow, “only Higgins' dog went mad the same night.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 September 1939, Page 8
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42Untitled Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 September 1939, Page 8
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