ALWAYS SOME DRAWBACK.
i He was a struggling Scottish farmer, and he had the good fortune to win the hand- of a widow who possessed in her own right the sum of £5000. . . Shortly before the wedding a friend went to congratulate him. "It's a fine thing for ye, this. weddin', Sandy! ho said. / "''■■■.,„ "Ay, it's no' bad," replied tne farmer. "No' bad?" "Why it's worth five thousand pounds tae ye, isn't it?". "No," sighed Sandy, "less than. that. Ye see, 'twill cost mo .seventeen shillings an' sixpence for a marriage license!"-.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 1, 1 July 1922, Page 17
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92ALWAYS SOME DRAWBACK. Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 1, 1 July 1922, Page 17
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