Who Said Borrow
Dollie: "I did A leu, iblut don't be
angriy." Aleci: "Angry, ceilainly not, but what do you mcfljii" Dollie: "Well, it'a a small thing, yet means so much 1"
Alec: "But wli&l'a it all about?" DoUie: "Well, I forgot to get the tea, and thai c's not a bit in the-— " Alec: 'D'cnr me, there's a ohest Jialf full, and tho brew you've baen giving ibo lately is just perfection— .never tasted its equal!" Dollie: "This is just the trouble, because without your knowing, I tried you -oath a new 'blend. Then for.the,first tinio you praised my tea,- and as you've; lau'detli it"' over •sindo, -I could not £0 bade to the I stuff in that chest." ■ Alec s "Ah, I see, and what have I tlcon E^ettincr?" Dollie: ' "SUBATURA." A lew: "Then give me an axe and let .me demolish that chest, and you sond Lilian at oncla to the grocer for aUHA-TUBAr D'ollie: "But this is the weekly halfholiday. Fif> 1 ■"•«<« sendinfr 1 Lilian to j borrow from Mrs MacTtoberts." Alca: "Ay, rijyht, though we beg', borrow or steal, it— MUST BE SIIRATURA" Dollio: "Nor is it expensive. I gave you "D;> Blend at 2s!" Alca: "Then stio to it. I m:\y miss my train, IOVO, BUT I WON'T MIRS MHT SURATURIA, I'll wait."
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Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10355, 2 May 1911, Page 1
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219Who Said Borrow Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10355, 2 May 1911, Page 1
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