TOUCHED A SORE SPOT
' Sorry, sir,' telephoned the butcher, ' but we are just out of sirloin. Why don't your wife order you a ■round ? ' ' W-what's that ? ' exploded Harker at the other end of the. line. ' I say, why don't your wife order you a round ? ' ' Why don't my wife order me around ?. Great Caesar, man ; that, is all. she does — order me around from morning until night. If you were nearer I'd ' But the startled butcher hung up the receiver and
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1, 2 January 1908, Page 38
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81TOUCHED A SORE SPOT New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1, 2 January 1908, Page 38
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