COULDN'T RESIST IT.
"Look here," began thVirijuvaa Xi entered a butcher's shop and displayed two black and blue eyes, "■»«», bay* fredi beef for sale?" j ; V : " I have," replied the hntciheE^i "And fresh beef is gopd f or -bl«# eyesP" .'■ '. : ■ .^: " Very well, I have thereje^'aiißa yb« have the beef. Do you thisS: you caa sell me a pound or so wi^Mtf. qddng how I got ornamented ?" .^X -,'5 " I wiU do my beet, sir.* T "^ ' The butcher then cut off and weighed the meat, and received Ms-money fo* ifc without another glance at the on*toraer. That was not theend, however. A sudden wave of curiosity swept over him, and he laia thj? uioney down and said: • U-,,^ " Here, I'll nvak© you a^pfo^t or the meat. Now tell me jd^'aJtfSHfffc tno fight." ' j&£, *s«
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9273, 27 June 1908, Page 7
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133COULDN'T RESIST IT. Star (Christchurch), Issue 9273, 27 June 1908, Page 7
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