Why Jones Paid.
Three friends who had been spending the evening at their club agreed that the one who did not do the first thing his wife told him when he got home should pay for an oyster supper. Smith, in trying to find the matches, trod on the cat. “ That’s right,” said his wife, waking up, “ Kill the poor cat and have done with it.” “Well,” thought Smith, “ I’ll have to do it or pay,” so he killed the family cat. Brown in the dark stumbled against the piano. “ Why don’t you break the piano ?” demanded his wife. Brown at once broke the piano. . When Jones got home he stumbled on the top step of the staircase. “Go on,” said his wife, “ tumble downstairs and break your neck.” “ Not me,” said Jones, “ I’ll pay for the supper first.”
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Waipukurau Press, Volume I, 3 April 1906, Page 2
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139Why Jones Paid. Waipukurau Press, Volume I, 3 April 1906, Page 2
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