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Johnson waited patiently until Thompson had finished his fish story; then he said: "I want, to tell you something that happened to me up in that wild district where you say you landed a string of a thousand in half a day. You know Beverly and I yrenr. up there two summers ago in a motor-car?"
"Yes ; I remember." "'Well, sir, we lost our* way, and xor five days and nights we couldn't sight * farmhouse or a human being." "Have any food with you" asked Thomp. son. "Not even a sandwich. " 'What did you live on?" v ''Soup — soup morning, noon, and night. "Soup? But what did you have to maka soup of?" "Win," «aid Johnson, without even the suspicion of a smile, "the first day we goi lost the motor-car struck a stone and turned turtle 1"
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Otago Witness, Issue 2813, 12 February 1908, Page 77
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140Honours Even. Otago Witness, Issue 2813, 12 February 1908, Page 77
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