A MODERN TRAGEDY.
Tho slow procession, moving o'er the | hill | In solemn silence carried forth the clay Of some poor mortal who had bowed Ins will ITnt'o the sceptre of Death's mighty sway. And as it passed, tasked a native near, i "How came that hapless mortal there to die ?" He turned to me and winked away a tear Before he deigned to make this clear reply : "lie was a local business man, my friend. A square r dealer never drew a breath ; Rut his one weakness brought him to bis end— He would not advertise, and starved to death!" - ".Judge."
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 28, 8 May 1916, Page 8
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101A MODERN TRAGEDY. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 28, 8 May 1916, Page 8
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