HOW HE COULD ESCAPE.
It "was one of those melodramas which abound in realism and exciting situations. The villain had the hero locked in a room, which, of course, was upen at the side facing the audience. The heroine needed his assistance at that instant, and he was vainly watching for some means of exit. • Oh, help, how shall I escape ': he cried, pounding on a papiermache door. There was a moment of silence and then a voice from the galleryshouted out in a very excited tone of voice Come out through the front, yon idiot.
A member of a School Board was one day asking sume children ques tions on Bible knowledge. So far as he had gone the children did ver) well, but when asked : " Where does the word ' holy ' firs! occur in the Bible?" the children could not answer for a minute or so, till a ragged urchin stood up and said in a very excited voice : " Please, sir, I know." "Where?" asked the member. " Please, sir, on the cover."
In all his troubles, Robinson Crusoe had the consolation of knowing that here was no one but Friday to walk ofi with his umbrella.
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3016, 29 November 1898, Page 5
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HOW HE COULD ESCAPE.
Bruce Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3016, 29 November 1898, Page 5
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