“I saw you kissing my daughter from behind that palm. Now, what have you to say to me, sir?” “Well, I’ll say nothing about it this time,, but don’t lot it occur again !” Smithson was a confirmed spendrift. When he removed into Aristocratic Street (not without the help of his friends) he boasted to one of his relations how careful he was living, and declared that his affairs were going on like clock-work. “That 1 can easily imagine,’ was the reply; “all tick-tick-tick.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2628, 9 October 1909, Page 3 (Supplement)
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