SHOCKED THEM
Scene: The parlour oft r private* i'>use. Timer three o'clock- in the*: fteruoon. Two- ladies- am paying a*': isit to the lady of the house. One of the guests happens to look out' <>f the window,, when- she exclaims,, vivaciously: * N*>w, there’s your husband coming i i.. Lut/s-eurprise him. W« will hide oehind the curtains- here, andyou tell : mm that your expected uuests- have not -ome. Then wo‘ll step out and'surprise* ■ uim.' The husband enters ftioisely);
Mrs. B-, obeying orders, says : ‘ Well,. Jlihn, our* expected guests have *dis—appointed us ; they haven’t come.’ ‘And a good job, too;, for they areonly two backbiters,! Mr. B*. answered* Ueartily...
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 169, 29 June 1901, Page 4
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108SHOCKED THEM Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 169, 29 June 1901, Page 4
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