A Brilliant Suggestion.

A Padre was seated at the bedside of a Jock frae Aberdeen. “You want me to write home to your wife,” he remarked.

“Ay,” replied Jock.

“Well, what would you like to say?”

“I dinna ken,” was Jock's answer.

“You don't know, then how do you expect me to write? Suppose I begin with ‘My Dear Wife’”—–

“Ay, that'll amuse her.”

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