The highest mountain in the British Isles, Mount Ben Nevis, is only 4406 feet above sea level. A grocer’s lad was ascending a staircase with his arms full of packages. “Boy,” said the mistress of the house, somewhat sharply, “are your feet clean?” “Yes’m,” he answered, still climbing up the stairs, “it’s only me boots that’s dirty.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 June 1938, Page 8
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