ONE CONSOLATION.
After the ghastly shipwreck in -which all lives but two had been lost, the pair of survivors found themselves together on the desert island. Fate plays strange tricks, and She had lived up to her reputation on this occasion. Here were two men with totally oppoing natures. One was a pessimist of the bluest dye, and the other a cheerful opti-1 mist. '"Here ivc are,'"' said the pessimist "stranded on a desert island, and nothing to eat or drink. 'We are doomed to die a painful and lingering death." "Never mind, old man!" answered the other. "We can have plenty of soup. Oui; boat/s just turned turtle,
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 24, 27 July 1929, Page 21
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109ONE CONSOLATION. Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 24, 27 July 1929, Page 21
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