DIPLOMACY.
A man in Kentucky once droppsd across an old negro, who was fishing with a rod and line in a pool of water in the middle of_ the road. He approached him, and said: "You won't catch any fish there, Jake.'" "Ah know dat, boss." "Why, that's only a pool of water left there by the rain this morning."' "Ah know dat, too, boss." "Then vrhat are you fishing there for?" "Well, it's like dis, boss. I.se jes showing my old woman dat Ah am t got no time to tun de mangle."
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 89, 14 April 1923, Page 17
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94DIPLOMACY. Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 89, 14 April 1923, Page 17
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