A SHORTER CHANCE.
■A farm hand was taken ill, and his employer sent him.with a note to a doc tor. Next morning the; patient returned to work. "You're looking much- better," said the farmer. "Did you havo any trouble in finding the doctor?" 1 "No," said tho man, "his name was on the door. But I didn't pa to the one you seat me to." "You didn't? Why not?" "Because, under his namo on the door, it said ten to one, while the namo of the othor doctor had under if eight.to five." "Well," said .the farmer, "what on earth has that to-do with it?" '< "Everything, 1. 1 answered the man. "EUfht.to; five is a lot better chance than ted to-one, isn't if?"'
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 124, 21 November 1925, Page 17
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123A SHORTER CHANCE. Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 124, 21 November 1925, Page 17
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