The old Scots widow, on the way to dress the tombstone of her three late husbands, accosted by a former lover with fluent expressions of sympathy. “Three guid men,” he sighed. “Ah Maggie, my heart bleeds for ye.” “Awa’ wi’ ye and yer sympathy,” snapped the widow. “Had ye ony spirit your name wad be there as weel.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 17 April 1939, Page 2
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58Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 17 April 1939, Page 2
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