we were engaged.” “ What do you mean?” “When 1 asked her to marry me she said she was agreeable." A Scottish farmer had agreed to deliver twenty hens to the local market. Only nineteen, however, were sent, and it was almost evening before the twentieth bird was brought in by the farmer. “Man,” said the butcher, “you’re late with this one!” “Aye,”
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Evening Star, Issue 19792, 16 February 1928, Page 10
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62Untitled Evening Star, Issue 19792, 16 February 1928, Page 10
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