A SUBSTITUTE.
My Uncle P was an awful snorer, He could be heard farther than a blacksmith's forge; but my aunt became so accustomed to it that it sooth her repose. They were a very domestic couple—never slept apart for many years. At length, my uncle was required te attend assizes at some distance. The first night after his departure my aunt never slept a wink as she missed the snoring. The second night passed away in the same way without sleep. She was getting into a a very bad way, and probably would have died had it not been for the ingenuity of a servant girl—she took the coffee-mill into my aunt's chamber nnd ground her to sleep.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 935, 26 November 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)
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119A SUBSTITUTE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 935, 26 November 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)
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