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A HEN who had saved a Tailor from drowning in a marine Disaster that had cost several of his less fortunate Companions their Lives, asked him his Opinion of the Theory of Evolution. The grateful Tailor replied that he was himself an instance of the Survival of the Fittist<ref> | A HEN who had saved a Tailor from drowning in a marine Disaster that had cost several of his less fortunate Companions their Lives, asked him his Opinion of the Theory of Evolution. The grateful Tailor replied that he was himself an instance of the Survival of the Fittist<ref>Looks like a mistype for "fittest".</ref>; and the philosophical Fowl, remarking that it was vulgar to pun, walked off with much Dignity to resume her interrupted Occupation of hatching out a China nest-egg. | ||
{{Style S-HPB SB. HPB note|(*)}} ''Moral''.–Some People cannot take a Joke. | {{Style S-HPB SB. HPB note|(*)}} ''Moral''.–Some People cannot take a Joke. | ||
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