Poor Old Dad!
Master: "Tell James to brjng round the big car." Butler: "Miss Joan has taken it out." Master: "How about the seven?" Butler: "Master Ronald has got it out, sir, and Master Eric has gone on your bicycle." Master: "Then if nobody is wearing my boots bring those."
Jimmy had been sent to bed by his mother for using a naughty word. When his father came home she sent him up to punish the boy. "I'll teach him to swear!" he roared, and started up the stairs. He tripped on the top step—and even his wife held her ears for a few moments. "You'd better come down now," she called up after the air had cleared somewhat. "Jimmy's had enough for his first lesson."
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Cromwell Argus, Volume LXVIII, Issue 3481, 9 August 1937, Page 2
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126Poor Old Dad! Cromwell Argus, Volume LXVIII, Issue 3481, 9 August 1937, Page 2
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