NOT FOR HIM.
A pawky old gentleman of Scottish persuasion, hearing rumours pi the coming of a. bachelor tax, hied him. to & matrimonial agency, where a highly-cultured dame attended to his wants. "I'm after a wife," began tho Scotsman), "a weel-edioated wumman, no ower big. What hae yo on your books?" "Let me ccc, sir," Teplied Mrs. Cupid, turning over the leaves of an imprsssivelookirig ledger. "I have s6 many firstclass eligible^. Ah, here is a Teally superior lady on the sunny side of 40, goodlooking, domestics-ted, musical, aad.speake three tongues." "Three tongues, did ye say, mem? Oh, may Ibe guarded! Which is the nearest way out?"
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 121, 22 May 1920, Page 14
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107NOT FOR HIM. Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 121, 22 May 1920, Page 14
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