GETTING OUT.
At a very crowded political meeting where the audience could scarcely breathe a man exclaimed: "I want to put a question to the candidate, and it is this: What did Mr. Gladstone say in 1862?" "That is an, absurd question," was the reply. "He, has.said so many things." "Never mind: What'did he say irr 18G2 ?"- Here there were tumultuous cries o£. "Turn him out!"
"I again repeat," exclaimed the irrepressible one, "what did Mr. Gladstone
Here he was seized and with difficulty thrust out of the hall. A friend; accompanied him and loaded him • with reproaches. "Why did you make bik;li an ass of yourself by repeating that idiotic question?" , "Because I wanted a little fresh air and didn't know how else to, get it," was the urbane reply of the wily elector.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 85, 10 April 1926, Page 21
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135GETTING OUT. Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 85, 10 April 1926, Page 21
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