SOUNDED LIKE IT.
The burly farmer strode anxiously into the post office. “Have you got any letter from Mike Howe?” he asked. The new postmaster looked him up and down. “For—who?” he snapped. “Mike How!” repeated the farmer. The postmaster turned aside. “I don’t understand,” he returned stiffly. “Don’t understand!” roared the applicant. “Can’t you understand plain ’ English? I asked if you’ve got any letter for Mike Howe!” “Well, I haven’t!” snorted the postmaster. “Neither have I a letter for anybody else’s cow! Get out!”
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVIII, Issue 1053, 12 May 1910, Page 22
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85SOUNDED LIKE IT. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVIII, Issue 1053, 12 May 1910, Page 22
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