HONOURABLE DISHONOUR.
A.Cabinet member was talking about a certain strike. "Sometimes the employers," he Said, "and sometimes again the workmen, have a queer idea of honour in these strike troubles. They rather remind me of the chap who repented of his engagement. " 'So,' said a friend, 'y°u can't ccc any way of getting out of the engagement honourably, eh?' " 'No,' the chap groaned, !not unless I can lick her six brothers, all bigger men than I am.'"
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 121, 22 May 1920, Page 14
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77HONOURABLE DISHONOUR. Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 121, 22 May 1920, Page 14
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