Not Needed.
"Is it a fact," asked Gilhooley of Gus De Smith, " that you recently inherited $50,000?" " Fifty thousand !" said Gus; |" why, I have just inherited $100,000. A cool $100,000." "Well, then, said Gilhooley, "what are you looking so blue about ? " "Ah, Gilhooley," replied Gus, "Itfeel a blamed sight blue? than I look." "Why so?" " Because, before I received this money I had to pay cash for everything I purchased. Now my credit is good, I can buy anything I want without money. I don't need this money, and that's what troubles me. —Texas Si/tings.
"How is it you never married, Charley?" " Oh, I don't know, except that I remained single from choice." " Why, I heard that, you tried to get that Podgkins girl a year or two ago ? " " Yes, I did ask her to marry me." " And she wouldn't have you ? " " That's about the size of it. So I remained single from choice — her choice, you know." — Boston Transcript.
Why She Eei-used Him. — The Holland City News is authority for the statement that a Grand Haven girl refused an offer of marriage on the plea that her father had enough children to support already.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT18840517.2.47.2
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1851, 17 May 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
Word count
Tapeke kupu
195Not Needed. Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1851, 17 May 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in