A TERRIBLE DANGER AVERTED.
Mr Joseph Jefferson once played "Rip Van Winkle" In a west American town. In a hotel where he stayed was an Irishman who acted as porter and general assistant. Judged by the Interest he took In theTrouse he might have been clerk, lessee, and proprietor rolled Into one. At abont six o'clock In the morning Mr Jefferson was startled by a violent thumping at his door. When he struggled into consciousness, and realised that he had left no word at the office to be called, he was indignant. His sleep was spoiled for that morning, so he arose and soon appeared before the clerk. "See here!" he demanded. "Why was I called at this unearthly hour?" "I don't know, sir," answered the clerk. "I'll ask Mike." / He summoned the Irishman, and said to him, "Mike, there was no call for Mr Jefferson. Why did you dlstnrb him? 7 ' Taking the clerk to' one side, the Irishman said in a whisper: "He was shnorin' like a horae, sor, and Oi'd heard the b'ys say he were oncet afth.er shleepin' twlnty years. So I gays to megllf, says 01, Mike, it's a-coomin' onto him agin, and it's yer juty to get the man out o , yer house this instant.' "
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 86, 11 April 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)
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211A TERRIBLE DANGER AVERTED. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 86, 11 April 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)
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