The car stopped suddenly. > The driver dismounted. For five minutes he twirled the starting handle furiously. Nothing happened. A crowd collected. Then an old lady stepped forward and pressed a penny into the perspiring motorist’s hand. “My good man,” she said, “ I wish all barrel organs were as quiet as yours.”
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Evening Star, Issue 19800, 25 February 1928, Page 21
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51Untitled Evening Star, Issue 19800, 25 February 1928, Page 21
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