A teacher said to his class_ in .English composition; “Row, I wish every member of the class would write a conversation between a grocer and one of his customers, introducing some pathetic incident or reference.” x\raong the. compositions handed in was the following;—“What do yon want?” asked the merchant. The woman replied: “A pound of tea.” “Green or black?” asked the merchant. “ I think I’ll take black,” said she; “it's for a funeral.”
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Evening Star, Issue 19784, 7 February 1928, Page 4
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73Untitled Evening Star, Issue 19784, 7 February 1928, Page 4
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