How often would it happen that men who see evil in other men, and hold
one another in distrust and contempt, would gain a different impression
merely by drawing nearer together. _Tit-Bits_ gives this humorous
instance:
They met on a bridge. Each held out his hand, and they shook,
and instantly realized that they were utter strangers. Had not
one of them been a genuine Hibernian the situation might have
been embarrassing.
“Begorra, that’s quare,” said Pat. “When we wor so far off that
we couldn’t see eich other I thought it was you an’ you thought
it was me, and now we’re here together it’s nayther of us.”
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