“Bog pardon, guv’nor,” saidi the_ tramp —a particularly dirty andl objectionable specimen—to a prosperous-looking _ citizen. “Would.you give two shillings to improve and beautify your town?” “What’s the idea?” was the non-committal and) suspicious response. “Why, for two shillings I’ll mbvo on to the next village,” the objectionable one explained. He got the money. ! ■ “If you could) have two wishes come true, what would they be?” said Maud. “ Well. I’d wish for a husband 1 ,” replied her friend. “That's only one.” “Yes, I think I’d save the’'other until I saw
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Evening Star, Issue 17927, 24 March 1922, Page 6
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