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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2670, 27 November 1909, Page 4 (Supplement)

Guest: “Bring me a steak. I was here yesterday. I suppose you remember me?” Waiter: “Yes, sir. Will yon have.the same to-day?” Guest: “Yes, if nobody is using it.” “Was yer house much damaged by that there big cyclone?” asked a Yankee of an Oklahoma man. “Dunno; I ain’t found it yet,” was the reply. Th other-people’s-business man persisted in trying to extract information, from a prosperous-looking elderly man next him in a railway smoker. “How many people work in your office ?J----“Oh.” said "the elderly man. getting up and throwing away his cigar, “I should say about two-thirds of them.” WATCHING THE NAVAL PARADE FROM THE BEACH. She: What’s the little steamer by the side of the man-of-war? He: That’s a tug. She: Oh, a tug-of-wag, I suppose; I’ve heard of them. OF COURSE. It was her first voyage, and the city lady took a keen interest in the working of the big liner. The vessel had not long left port when she slowed down. “The ship appears to be stopping, captain. Why should we stop here?” asked the old lady in some anxiety. “To let the pilot off, ma’am.” “Do you mean to say that, the pilot does not go with us all the way, and direct the course, captain?”. “That’s what I mean, ma’am.” This gave the questioner food for thought. Presently she smiled, as if struck by a bright idea, and she added: “How silly.of me! Of course, after he pilot has set the rudder pointing in. the right direction, there’s nothing more for him to do, so he goes!”

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