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Evening Star, Issue 8717, 8 January 1892, Page 3

A droll Irish story, forcibly illustrating the annoyance which lady passengers sometimes occasion on a steamboat, is told in the ‘Spectator.’ A lady, with a view to future contingencies—for her mind was not at all made up as to where she should call on the way—had her luggage labelled so that she might be put ashore at various places. She was full of hesitation, altering her mind at every place of call, and at last she said she would go on to Inverness. Then the luggage steward said “ Oh, go to the devil! ’’ The lady, in a h'gh state of indignation, reported the man to the captain. That gentleman told the steward to must find out the lady and apologise to her The steward consented to do so. At luncheon he appeared, and accosted the first lady at the table thus: " Were you the tidy I told to go to the devil ? ” “ No,” said this lady and several others, all equally surprised and amused. At last, by a series of separate interrogations, he discovered the right lady. She responded with an indignantly virtuous air : “Yes, I aw the lady.” “Ah, then,” said the steward, “ the captain told me to tell you that you needn’t go ! ”