A TALL STORY.
On of the most famous sporting peers is the Earl of Warwick, and they , are tolling i °;ocd story about an answer "hiuli his t rdship onoo gave to someone he ht4 chaffed him about some of hia hu- ting yarns. “Y*s‘’ he replied with a smiley “ I • admit that some of them wore rather tall - ■yf'js. I outdid the wandering hen. A hen, you know, set out to see the world, and met a crow in a distant wood. ■ .Eut, said the crow, ‘ora you not aiTd'd, without good wings, of losing your way in all this tanglef’ •■‘Afraid? Not I,’ replied the hen. Every yard or two I lay an egg to guide myself back by. ’ Tho distrust may submit each new claim to dispute, rhanin .y ever prevails. Where years ,f integrity build the repot* • '* Ot a media - that always avails. Such decisions are rare, and the sceptics b*. •>.’ ware ; - - Lest vile frauds should their favor allure sf.* -r. For they know th« oad dearth, 'k i sures of worth K&xoS&ljiSo M Woods 1 ** ‘ k siv
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Evening Star, Issue 15899, 3 September 1915, Page 1
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182A TALL STORY. Evening Star, Issue 15899, 3 September 1915, Page 1
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