HUMOUR AWHEEL.
Soft Music.
With a jolt the car came to a sudden stop in the middle of a busy street. The self-starter refused to act, and the driver was forced to dismount and endeavour to crank up the engine with the aid of the starting-handle.
For five minutes he twirled the handle furiously, while a small crowd collected and then at length an old lady stepped forward and pressed a penny into the perspiring motorist's hand. "My good man," she said gently, "I wish all barrel organs were as quiet as yours."
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 184, 6 August 1925, Page 18 (Supplement)
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93HUMOUR AWHEEL. Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 184, 6 August 1925, Page 18 (Supplement)
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