BETTER FARE.
The tramp related to a fellow wanderer the story of an intensely tragic occurrence. *'Yus," he said, "there was a bootiful lawn in front of the "ouse, nicely kept, and it looked a real good chance for gettin' a bit of honest sympathy. So I walked in, gets down on me 'aiids and knees and starts chewin' the grass. Out comes as kindly-looking a lidy as ever. 1 seen, and wanted to know what I was doin'. Told her I 'adn't 'ad grub for a week, an' was obliged to eat grass. She looked very sympertlieticly at me, and then said: 'My pore man, come out behind. The grass is longer there!'"
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 298, 18 December 1909, Page 6
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114BETTER FARE. Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 298, 18 December 1909, Page 6
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