SMILE AWHILE.
The ear"was;a'little'marvel, but even little marvelsjhavo their off days, and it chose to break down, in a long stream of traffic. The lady' driver did all she could to set matters right, but with.OUt - SUCCeSS,^:'^.. '.'■'•-,';:,. ■'■■■'■.';' ... Eventually ; the Opckney • driver of a. five-ton lorry produced a/piece of string. " .'Ere y'are,"miss, pull/it''onie /with this,",.'he said: ' ' v "Johnny, you can make-a sentence bringing in 'tho word despair, can't you?" asked the teacher. ... ■ . ' The small pupil, son of motoring parents, thought for a time, and then replied: ■. :^ '."'.'•' "One of our tires was punctured last night, and Father put on de spare."' Tho dealer: in second-band clothes called in search of business. "May I'ask you, sir, what you do with your left-off clothes?" .he said. "Yes," was the reply. "I hang them up carefully, go to bed, and put 'them on again next day. Good-morn-ing." . \
And the door banged to.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1929, Page 15
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147SMILE AWHILE. Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1929, Page 15
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