THE PUDDING PLACE.
A farmer of the good old-fashioned school ahvays gave a feast to his hands
at Christmas time. On one occasion when the feast was about to begin the hostess, with beaming cordiality, motioned to Giles, the oldest hand, to take the sent by her right hand. But Giles remained silently unresponsive. "Come/' said the hostess, "don't bo bashful, Sir Giles"-—ho was just "Giles" on ordinary occasions—"you've a right to the place of honour, you know." Giles deliberated a moment.
"Thank vou kindly, Mrs Hodge," he said; "but, if it's all the same to you, I'd rather sit opposito this pudden' !"
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10344, 28 December 1911, Page 3
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103THE PUDDING PLACE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 10344, 28 December 1911, Page 3
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