Answered.
A pedestrian tourist proceeding towards Abbot*ford saw a man bro»k> g stones by the roadside, and thought h« might be able to tell h ; m how many miles he bad yet to go. When ' he reached the stone-breaker, he said to him : — " How long will it be before I reach Abbotsford ?" " Hoo lang?" was the query. " Yet) ; how long will it take me to reach it?"
"CUng on, an' I'll tell ye," was the reply, without stopping one minute' in his occupation.
Thinking the man a surly fellow, the tonrisft turned on bis heels and walked off He had gone about one hundred yards when a shout from the stone-breaker made him halt, and seeing him waving to him, the tourist turned back
" It'll tak' ye an hour to reach Abbotsford," said the stone-breaker.
" Then why in the name of wonder didn't you tell me bo at first ? "
" Hoo could I tell ye," was tbe reply, " till I saw at whnt rate ye g»ed P An' frae the way I saw ye steppin' oot, I can say yell be there in an hour, gin ye dinna Baanfcer on fchn road."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2200, 30 April 1896, Page 52
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191Answered. Otago Witness, Issue 2200, 30 April 1896, Page 52
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