JUST IN TIME.
There is no doubt that the tying ! of a piece of string round the finger j is a really good aid to a poor mem- , ory : but there is a well authenticated case of a man who tied a ' piece of cotton around his finger in the morning to remind him to get | his hair cut. On the way home to dinner that j evening, he noticed the piece of cotI ton. j "Oh, yes, I remember," he said. ' And smiling proudly, he entered the accustomed shop, and sat down i before the accustomed artist, i "Er —yes, sir '?" said the artist, I puzzled inqkiiry in his tones. 'Eh?—ah, yes; cut my hair, please," commanded the absentminded one, curtly. "Why, certainly, sir, if you wish it," said the artist. 'But you won't mind my mentioning the fact that I cut it this morning, sir, will you ?"
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2008, 1 October 1906, Page 7
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149JUST IN TIME. Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2008, 1 October 1906, Page 7
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