The Cheap Turkey.
A merry company were assembled at the Christmas din-ner-table, and all enjoyed the feast of good things provided by the geniul hostess. One of the guests in a jocular manner asked little Tommy, the sou of the hostess, where turkeys came from. “ Dunno,” he answered; “ but I can tell you where this one came from ” (pointing to the one on the table). “Ma got it from a tramp for one-and-six-pence, ’cause the man said he stole it. Didn’t lie, ma ? ”
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Northland Age, Volume V, Issue 23, 1 February 1909, Page 3
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83The Cheap Turkey. Northland Age, Volume V, Issue 23, 1 February 1909, Page 3
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