HIS PROBABLE FATE
'"Waal, some ways I'd like to an some ways I guess I wouldn't,' said honest Parmer Bentover, when the suave dispenser of encyclopaedias had paused in his siron song. "Ye see. if I had to sign for that 'ere cyclopedee in forty-seven parts, includin the index an' appendicitis, I'm sorter afraid I'd hev to work so hard to pay for it thet I'd be too tired to enjoy readin' itwhile if I read it at my leesure, as* I'd ort to, in order to get the good of it, I wouldn't hev time* to earn the price. So all things considered, I guess 111 hev to deny myself the privilege, at it were. Looks sorter like. rain ofi to the north-west, don't it ?"
MORE THAN HIS MATCH
"Say," roared the irate citizen, as lie bounced into the office of the country newspaper, "where's the ea itor ?" "Want to see him personally ?' queried the office-boy. "Of course I do," answered tha call-er. "I'm going to thrash him within an inch lof his life. "Oh, all right," answered the boy "Just take a seai > please. There are three others ahead of you. Ii you watch you'll see 'em come through the window one by ons. When the third com"'' 1 , down ycr.i can «° U P-" . . 4. ~ But ttte visitor decided to postpone his 'iris. ) T1 ~ ~ •
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 569, 21 May 1913, Page 7
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226Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 569, 21 May 1913, Page 7
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