AN EXCUSABLE ILLUSTRATION.
In the good old days, when there ■ore no coupons and everybody ate Hitter the king of the happy country ■ Idrasr'd his jester thuswise : ■‘Thou 001, give me an illustration > that old adage, ‘A bad excuse is orse than no excuse !’ and haste hoe !” The jester at once affectionately nbraced and kissed the mighty monrch. The king did was wroth.: “Thou varlet ! How darest thou ■.ke this liberty ?’’ he spluttered. “I beg your Majesty’s pardon !” died the merry one. “I thought was the Qa»w- '
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Cromwell Argus, Volume L, Issue 2647, 10 November 1919, Page 7
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87AN EXCUSABLE ILLUSTRATION. Cromwell Argus, Volume L, Issue 2647, 10 November 1919, Page 7
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