IN ANTICIPATION.
"And now, sir," pattered the conjuror, "would it surprise you if your half-crown, which you have, just seen me dissolve in the air, were to be found on the other side of the hall?" (Applause from, audience, agog with excitement.) , < . "You, boy," continued the conjuror, "you, boy, in the fourth row from the back, nearest the door, will you stand up and feel in your loft-hand pocket?" ■■. There ensued an awkward silence—a silence so deep and impressive that it could almost be_felfc—then a loud titter arose as the boy spoke in a shrill voice:"There's only two-an'-fourpence now, guvnor; you said you'd give me tuppence, an' I—l've gone an' spent it already."
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 147, 23 June 1928, Page 21
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113IN ANTICIPATION. Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 147, 23 June 1928, Page 21
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