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Show BANDY ATE THE "PARRITCH." Out Ht Had to Play Mean Trick on Himself to Do It. An old gentleman In a village not far from Glasgow breakfasted every morning on porridge, and, In order to save fuel, cooked u whole week'a supply sup-ply cery Saturday. Unu Friday morning morn-ing the, stuff seemed very cold and very salt, and he felt he must nbandon tho struggle to eat It Hut his stub-burn stub-burn nature forbade any such thought. So ho fetched the whisky from the cupboard, poured out n glass and placed It before him on tho table. "Now, Handy," said he, "If yo eat that parrltch ye'll lino that whisky, an' If )e don't yu won't." lie stuck again at the last spoonful, spoon-ful, hut keeping his ejo steadily on tho glass nf whisky, ho mado a bold, hravn effort, and got It down Then bo slowly nnd carefully inured back I no whisky Into tho battle with a groad grin, at he raid lo himself: "Sandy, my lad, 1 did yo thot time, yo ould fulul" |