A WIRY TERRIER.
'' Tell mo," ssid the cannibal Icing to thf Scotsman who had all unwittingly ; strayed into his land--" tell me, before I I oat you. of the wondrous new things | yov. have in your native country—of tho carts that go without horses, and tho ! letters thai. j;o without postmen—telej grams, 1 think you call thorn. What I are telegrams?" ] Sandy ran his fingers through his up- | right hair. j ""It's a decfricuTt tiling to explain," iho answered. "You see " ! "Toll mo!" roared tho king. | Sandy made a dash for it. " Woli/' he began, hurriedly, "it's I like this. If you could stretch my terj j'icr pup irae Oban to Tobermory, an' ! if you was to slap its head in Oban an' it waggit its tail in Tobermory, an* if I was to tread on its tail in Tobermory an' it bit someone in Oban—well, yonr Majesty, that's jist what a telegraph is Hike!"
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9912, 29 July 1910, Page 2
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155A WIRY TERRIER. Star (Christchurch), Issue 9912, 29 July 1910, Page 2
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