CRUEL TO BE KIND.
“I declare!” exclaimed Mrs Binks, as she struggled to dissect the turkey! “This bird is as old as Methuselah.”
“Very likely,” replied Binks, “hut, my dear, it is a female bird, and courtesy to the sex prevented me from inquiring about her age.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3711, 21 December 1912, Page 17
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47CRUEL TO BE KIND. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3711, 21 December 1912, Page 17
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