A SCOTSMAN'S CHANCE
Sir Douglas Haig, the Scottish comman-der-in-chief of the' British armies, once 'aid at a. London dinner party: "A ■; Scot bored his English friends by boasting about what a fine:,country Scotland was. 'Why did you leave Scotland,' a Londoner asked, 'since you liked the place so much?; The Scot chuckled. 'It was like this,'-he said. • 'In Scotland everybody was as clever as myself; and I could make no progress; but here'—and he chuckled again ; — here I'm gettiri' along verr» weel.' " - '
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 78, 28 September 1918, Page 16
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82A SCOTSMAN'S CHANCE Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 78, 28 September 1918, Page 16
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