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A • man who was : giyen to grumbling" at everything and on' every occasion was attacked fry inflammatory rheumatism, and was carefully nursed by his - wife, who was . veiy devoted to him in .spite- of his faultfinding disposition. His suffering caused her to burst into tears sometimes as she sat at. his bedside.* One day a friend of the invalid came in and asked how he was getting on. . ' Badly, badly ! > "~he exclaimed ; c and it's" all" m v wife's fault.' ' • '• .'ls it possible ?' asked the friend in surprise." ' Yesi The doctor , told, me .that -damp: places-were bad for ,me ; and there that woman .sits and cries just 'to' make the air moist in the room.'' *
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New Zealand Tablet, 1 November 1906, Page 37
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118BOUND TO GRUMBLE New Zealand Tablet, 1 November 1906, Page 37
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