Dream on scarcity and loss sparks hard to get reflections
In a dream Hattie the Hoarder and Mabel discuss buying items likely to become scarce, while a grieving mother reveals her son was killed in action and that nothing is harder to obtain than the memory of a lost life. The dream ends as the woman argues the tragedy proves some things are truly hard to get.
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Misquoted maxims and a witty Edinburgh customs entry
A collection of aphorisms on marriage fidelity humor and truth contrasts with a railway era note. The entry recounts Alexander Gun’s dismissal from Edinburgh customs with the remark A Gun discharged for making a false report.
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