The Competition
Tax Editor of the Spectator offers a prize of £5 5s. for thS best County StorY. Stories must not exceed two hundred worth in length. The Editor' reserves the right to publish any story entered for the competition. He cannot return contributions or enter into any correspondence on the subject. Entries for this competition must be received by the Spectator before Friday, April 25th.
The reason for this competition is that the Editor believes that there is a vast number of stories which illustrate; mostly in huniorous form, the Characteristiei of the various English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish Counties.
In order to make the matter quite clear we • append a specimen. story :-
- AN EAST ANGLIAN STORY.
A labourer was paying a visit of condolence to a woman,who had recently lost her husband. The widow explained that every night since the death of her husband she had seen him appear at her bedside. She proceeded : " He keep all on alooldif at me and strokin' my ould face with his little ould hand. That fare to, make me feel wonnerful an' queer ! " The visitor exclaimeti, " Well, that's a rum 'un I Ain't that a masterpiece ? I wormer whatever that do mean ? " Whereupon the widow replied, " I reckon that's a goin' to-rain."
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