A young woman was being seen off at the railway station. “ Now, don’t bother to come any further—you’d have to get a platform ticket,” she said to, her escort.' “Ob, that’s all right,” he protested. “ It’s worth more than a penny to see you off.” The clergyman put out his hand to congratulate Bill, just married. The latter misunderstood him, though, and pointed to the best man. “ No, that chap over there ’as the cash for yer.” Boxer’s Second (after the fight: “ You didn’t hit anywhere near him. What was the matter?” _ Boxer; “ That’s what comes of learning boxing by correspondence.”
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Evening Star, Issue 22069, 1 July 1935, Page 14
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