THE WIFE'S COMPLAINT.

Havard, the actor, (better known from the urbanity of his manners, by

the familiar name of Billy Havard) had the misfortune to be married to a

most notorious shrew and drunkard. One day dining at Garrick's, he was

complaining of a violent pain in his side. Mrs. Garrick offered to

prescribe for him. "No, no," said her husband; "that will not do, my

dear; Billy has mistaken his disorder; his great _complaint lies in his

rib_."

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