"Hi, mister," called the driver of a huge dray, "will you kindly hold my hoss's head for me while I get down ?" The pedistrian hesitated. "Well, I'll do my best," he observed, approaching gingerly, "'though I don't know much about horses. Erwhich one shall I bold ?" "'The off *un," replied the driver. "Dear me ! Poor thing !" exclaimed the pedestrian. "Do you mean this sad-looking one ?" j "No, I don't!" cried the driver.] "I said the off 'un, didn't I ?" j "Yes, I know you did," replied the pedestrian testily, "but as I wasn't at his parents' funeral, how the dickens am I to guess which is the orphan.?"
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XLIII, Issue 2285, 19 February 1912, Page 7
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