Easily Explained
He was one of those inquisitive, loquacious strangers who, not content with telling you all their doings and achievements, insist on learning all your secrets. And poor Jones found himself alone with the man in the compartment of a railway train. Having asked countless questions concerning his fellow traveller’s business and the object of his journey, the stranger began to make inquiry about his family. “Well, if you really want to know” said the exasperated Jones “ I’ll tell you. I have a wife and five children, but I've never seen one of them.” “ Never seen one of them V’’ began the stranger. “ But — but “ I tell you, I’ve never seen one of them.” replied Jones. “I’ve been away from home a week, and the youngest w’as born yesterday.”
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Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 4, 21 May 1915, Page 3
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130Easily Explained Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 4, 21 May 1915, Page 3
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