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THE RUNAWAY. The rector was sitting in his study hard at work on the following Sunday's sermon, when a visitor was announced. She was a hard, muscular-looking woman, and when the minister set a chair for her she opened tire somewhat brusquely : "You are Mr. Jenkins, ain't you ?'' "I am," replied the good man. '"Well, maybe you'll remember o' xnarryin' a couple of strangers at your church, a month ago?" "What were the names ?" asked the clergyman. "Peter Si'mpson and Eliza Brown," replied the woman, "and I'm Eliza." '"Are you indeed ?" said the minister. "I thought I remem " "Yes," interrupted the visitor, "'l'm her all right, an' I thought as how I ought to drop in an' tell you that Peter's escaped."

Tha rscord for an aeroplane flight from Calais to Dover •is 22 minu:ef», and the distance 21 miles.

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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 673, 30 May 1914, Page 3

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140

Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 673, 30 May 1914, Page 3

Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 673, 30 May 1914, Page 3

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