Pat was dawdling along on his way to work, looking half asleep. Mike overtook him and slapped him heartily on the back. J’What’s wrong wid ye this line morning?” he cried. “It’s half asleep that ye're looking.” Pat turned a bleary eye on his friend. “And it’s tired I’m after feeling,” he said. “Wasn’t I up half the night?” "What was the trouble?” Mike asked anxiously. “It was the cat,” replied Pat. “Wasn’t I sitting there till gone two waiting for her to come in so I could put her out for the night?”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 October 1939, Page 2
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