A GOOD DINNER
. Tho well-known artist, Mr Hassall, had an exasperating experinco in the days when he was living in the backwoods of Canada. He had arranged to eat his Yuletido dinner with a neighhour, who had a fine fat goose ready for the banquet. On his arrival the goose was on the table prepared for carving; but, as a preliminary, the two men spent a few hilarious minute* drinking each other’s health. Their disgust may be imagined when, tho toasting over, they turned their attention to the goose—only to find that, while they had been otherwise engaged, the host’s" dogs had made a hearty meal of it, and that not a trace of it was visible.
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Evening Star, Issue 20053, 19 December 1928, Page 14
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117A GOOD DINNER Evening Star, Issue 20053, 19 December 1928, Page 14
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