Parting Advice.
An old lady of Fife, noted for possessing a sharp toDgue and a tendency toward taking down conceited people, was entertaining a number of young folk at an evening party. The guest of honour- was a youug man who had obtained an appointment in China, and he was so much elated over his prospects that he talked throughout the evening only of himself.
As he stood up to go the old lady, who had been rathor silent, said to him : "Tak' gude care o' your gel' when you're awa', for, mind ye, they eat puppies in Oheena."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2232, 10 December 1896, Page 52
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99Parting Advice. Otago Witness, Issue 2232, 10 December 1896, Page 52
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