HIS PECULIAR MEMORY.
He was a furniture remover's man, and his memory, as he cheerfully admitted, was "very convenient." No, he couldn’t remember where Mr. Slyflit had taken his family and furniture.
“Come, now," said the debt collector, “he hasn’t been gone a week, and you drove the van !” “Did I ?" “You know you did." “And it’s only a- week ago ?" “Of course." “Funny," murmured the man, "how easy a fellow forgets !" The debt collector produced half a sovereign, and tendered it. “That ought to rouse your memory," he remarked. “It ought to do so, sir," admitted the other. “But you see, this ain’t no common ordinary memory,, and it'll take a deal o’ rousing. Why, it cost a sovereign to put it to sleep."’
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Golden Bay Argus, Volume X, Issue 88, 7 February 1907, Page 2
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125HIS PECULIAR MEMORY. Golden Bay Argus, Volume X, Issue 88, 7 February 1907, Page 2
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