CUTTING!
Private Doolan, the regimental barber, was well known for his carelessness. One day, while shaving Pat Dougherty, he had the misfortune to cut his patron’s cheek several times Pat took all these gashes in grave silence, but when the shave was over he walked over to his water-bottle, which he filled with water, took a mouthful, and, with compressed lips, proceeded to shake his head from side to side. * What’s the matter? You ain’t got the toothache?” asked the barber. “Whist! I was only after trying if my mouth would hold water without leaking!” replied Pat.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIX, Issue 1065, 4 August 1910, Page 23
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97CUTTING! New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIX, Issue 1065, 4 August 1910, Page 23
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