“Have you any alarm blocks?’’ inquired the customer. “ What I want it oh© that will rouse father without waking the whole family.” “ I don’t know of any alarm clock of that sort, madam,” said the shopkeeper. “Wo keep just the ordinary kind —those that will wake the whole family without disturbing father.” “ Some people thirst after fame, others after wealth; others after love.’ * said the romantic young man, with a. sigh. The object of his affections was not in the same mood, however. “ And there is something all people' thrisb after,” she- said. “ Yes?” asked the lover eagerly. “Salt fish I” was the crushing reply.
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Evening Star, Issue 22106, 13 August 1935, Page 7
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