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Miousic ! Two young newly-married men meet. Dialogue : " My wife plays on the piano beautifully."" "Mine hasn't opened the piano sinoa wa were married 1" The first husband : " How she must love yon 1" And he goes away filled with envy.
Mn. rAKTiNGTON has a consultation with his watchmaker. "I have a clock which strikes'the hoard, half-hours and quarter-houra, and thia perpetual Btriking annoys me." " Very good, sir. I will dismount the striking action." 11 No, no, don't do that. Make it bo that it will strike every hour, you know— but not too often, you understand! "
Mb. Pautixgton is a convalescent, &nd the doctor has permitted him to go ior an hour's drive, but no more. He takes a cab, and by one of those miracles which occasionally happen, the horse goes off at a gallop. " Not ho quick, cabby," yells the thoughtful Partmgton ; " if you travel like that my hour will be over in no time. Miss Anna-Maria has nearly finished her dinner. She has already disposed of a plaW of etrawbenies and ciearu, and is about to tackle another, when her mother gently itops her. " You know, Anna-Maria, that one ia for me." Miss|Anna-Maria hesitates for » moment, and then says suddenly : "How very unfortunate, mamma, that I commenced with yours first 1 "
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1964, 7 February 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)
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216Fun. Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1964, 7 February 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)
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