The widow of a fanner was being consoled by a neighboring farmer, who happened to be a widower. “ Cheer up, woman,’’ lie said. “Ye’re young yet and good-lookin’, an’ yon could soon got another husband.’’ “ Oh, no, no!’’ she replied. “Who would take me?” “Why, if I had a better pair of boots on I’d run away wi' yo mysel’l” said the widower, gallantly. The widow, lifting her face and wiping her eyes, said, earnestly: “1 wonder would John’s fit you?’’ “She tola him everything.” "What candor!” “And what a memory!” “ My dear, this pie tastes a bit stale — it mast bo yesterday’*,” ‘.‘ Ye<; and ■if you doh|t eat it to-day it will bo / tomorrow's.”
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Evening Star, Issue 19664, 17 September 1927, Page 10
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115Page 10 Advertisements Column 4 Evening Star, Issue 19664, 17 September 1927, Page 10
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