The late Lord D——, one of the most absent-minded of men, was once paying A morning visit to the beautiful Lady Sf— —■» He sat an unconscionably long tune, and the lady, after giving him some friendly hints, took np her work and tried to make', conversation. Lord D broke a long fit of silence by muttering: "A very pretty woman, this Lady M-—; -but she stays a.' deuced long time. I wish she'd go." Ha thought Lady was paying him a visit in his own house. '< >
Donald's Enemy.—A Scotchman one day. met his minister, who reproached him for his intemperate habits. " You are too fond/ of whisky," he said; " you ought to -)bnow well that it is your enemy." "Hint, „ minister, have you not often said that one r3 . ought to love one's enemies?" »"T*ffLi/ Donald; but I never said„yoU' Swallow them!" " '
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Evening Star, Issue 7403, 24 December 1887, Page 3 (Supplement)
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