THE BRIDEGROOM AND THE TURKEY.
A spruce young city lawyer, who led ablushing damsel as a bride from her rural, home and^returixedSvitK her to the hospitablemansion of his -■.new; made father-in-law toenjoy the Christmas festival, .was given thepost of honour at the table and called upon to carve — according to the time-honoured, custom. The turkey was baked rather hard, and was somewhat tough withal. The sspree*u cc* young lawyer struggled, The baked bird, would not yield. An enormous plum pudding .stood beside theturkey platte^and was somewhat in the lawyer's way. Finally, hetook up the r>luni pudding dish and placed it in his chair behind him, and then renewed his attack on the turkey with redoubled, vigour. His face was red with effort and. embarrassment, his glasses streamed with perspiration— but still he struggled. At. last he made a tremendous effort and suceeded — in landing the imperious bird on theother side of the table. ' There,' he said, in. despair, ' now I've done it,'— and sat down, in the pudding !
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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 338, 30 May 1885, Page 20
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168THE BRIDEGROOM AND THE TURKEY. Observer, Volume 7, Issue 338, 30 May 1885, Page 20
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