RATHER EMBARRASSING.
She was at times rather absentminded ; but she was always exceedingly pretty. The other morning she looked quite at her best as she approached the counter in a certain .ronmonger's shop. "Have you any whiskers?" she quietly asked the obliging assistant who hurried forward to ascertain her wishes. The poor fellow blushed to the roots of his hair, and looked the very picture of confusion. "I beg your pardon, madame," he at last stammered, thinking that somehow his ears had deceived him. "I came to see if you have any whiskers," repeated the young lady. For the the assistant thought his senses must have leftiim. Just at this juncture a half-stifled giggle from a lad standing near the fair customer reached her car. Then she saw her blunder. "'Oh, of course—of course," she quickly gasped. "I mean egg-whis-ters. I think I ought to get a good ane for about a .shilling."
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 372, 24 June 1911, Page 2
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153RATHER EMBARRASSING. King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 372, 24 June 1911, Page 2
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