‘ I am afraid the bed is not long enough for you,’ said the landlord to a seven-foot guest. ‘ Never mind,’ he replied ; ‘ I’ll add two more feet to it when I get in.’ ‘lt is a long w&y for a shilling,* re* marked cabby, looking at his proper fare. ‘ I know it is,’ said the lady quietly ; ‘ if it had not been, 1 should have walked.’l The greatest thing we ever saw in the wav of a phiksophtr was a one-armed man in a manicure establishment who gh ated because he got bia work done for half-price.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 219, 21 June 1902, Page 1
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97Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 219, 21 June 1902, Page 1
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