TUB 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 sst a chair for her she opened fire somewhat brusquely : "You are Mr. Jenkins, ain't you ?" "I am," replied the good man. i "'Well, maybe you'll remember o' inarryin' 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."
Tin record for an aeroplane flight from Calais to Dover is 22 minutes, and the distance 21 miles.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 697, 22 August 1914, Page 7
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141Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 697, 22 August 1914, Page 7
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