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Show KIPPERS AS WEAPONS. Mrs. Mac has gone to tho grocer's shop before the crush commenced, and asked quietly for "twa pair o' kippers." "They're sevenpence a pair," remarked re-marked tho grocer, in his usual any- i thlng-else-today stylo. "Wh-at! Sevenpence a pair! How's that?" "Wool, ye see," the grocer explained, explain-ed, "it's a' on account o' the war." "Guld gracious!" Mrs. Mac's voice assumed an incredulous tone. "D'ye mean to tell mo that they're bangln' kippers at yln anither?" Pearson's Weekly, London. oo . |