HOPE DEFERRED.
I'at had just finished chopping the sticks for the good lady, and she, benevolent soul. had asked him whether he would prefer a cup of tea or a drop of whiskey. "Can a duck swim V" said Pat. "Sure I'll be (akin' a drop of the cratur, if ye don't, mind." So she fetched him a glass of whiskc\ and Witter. I'at la.sied and seemed not very well pleased. "Hoggin" your pardon, mum. and which did ye be after put tin' in the glass first, the whiskey or the water ?" ■The whiske\ first, of course, which is proper," she replied. ■•Oh ! it'll hl> all right then, I'll be comjii'. to the whiskey by and bv."
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Lake County Press, Issue 2136, 20 September 1906, Page 7
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117HOPE DEFERRED. Lake County Press, Issue 2136, 20 September 1906, Page 7
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