He Was learning Fast.
The young man was learning. "Mamie has such a turn up nose," he said.
?'No," objected his mentor, "you mustn't say that. Say if s tip tilted."
♦'Is tip tilted the same as turn up?" be asked. f'Yes," she told him.
. And that day at dinner when he asked ber to kindly pass the tip tilteds she handed him the turnips without a moment's hesitation.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 42, 20 February 1903, Page 6 (Supplement)
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71He Was learning Fast. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 42, 20 February 1903, Page 6 (Supplement)
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