Alarming
"Thank Heaven tbat 's. all over," said an Irishman, just out of ether after a scripus operation. "Don't be so spre, Pat," said tbe man in tbe next bed. "Tbey left a swab inside me and cut me open to get it out. ' ' "Tbey served me tbe same to find a scalpel they'd left in," said tbe patient on tbe otber side. Just tben tbe operating surgcon entered the ward, Hurriedly. "Anybody seen my cycle purnp?" be asked. "I bad it just before I started on tbe last case," be added. Patrick fainted. ^>. S> ❖ Beat Tbat! A Londoner, in tbe Nortb for tbe shooting, thought that bis gbillie was not treating bim witb due respect, aud said, ' 'Look 'here, my man, you do not seem to be aware tbat my ancestors bave been entitled to bear arms since tbe time of William tbe Conqueror!" " 'Hoots, awa'!" said tbe gbillie, in no way subdued. "Tbat's naething! Ma 1' ancestors ba'e been entitled to bare legs since tbe world began!"
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 95, 8 May 1937, Page 16
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