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A man carrying a looking-glass said to a newsboy, c Uome here and look into this glass, and you will see a donkey.' 'How did you find that out? 1 retorted the boy.
' I understand you were carried away by her sdnging ? ' "Well, not quite that. 1 was driven away "by it, though.'
Being asked once whether he had read any of the books of a popular novelist, Thackeray rejoined : ' Well, no. You see, lam like a pastry cooik. I bake tarts and I sell 'em, but I eat bread\and butter.'
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 17, 30 April 1908, Page 38
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94ODDS AND ENDS New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 17, 30 April 1908, Page 38
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