The old Scots widow, on her way to dress the tombstone of her three late husbands, was • accosted by a . former lovei with fluent expressions of sympathy. ‘‘ Three guid men,’ he sighed. “ Ah, Maggie, nia heart bleeds for ye.” “ Awa wi’ ye and yer sympathy,” snapped the widow. ‘ Had ye ony spirit your name wad be there as weel.”
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Evening Star, Issue 23130, 2 December 1938, Page 14
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