CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
Grown old in the service of his master and mistress,' James was a privileged retainer. : He was waiting at table, one day, when a guest asked for a fish-fork, but the request was ignored. Then the hostess noticed the episode, and remarked, in a most peremptory manner: ...-■■'. "James, Mrs. Jones hasn't any fish-fork. Get her one at once!" "Madam," ca p.ne the emphatic reply, "last time Mrs. Jones dined here we lost a, fish-fork."' . James has now been relegated to the garden. ■
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 48, 24 February 1917, Page 16
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84CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 48, 24 February 1917, Page 16
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