THE ONLY REASON.

Golden Bay Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 52, 26 May 1910, Page 3

THE ONLY REASON.

"Talking of singing," said the "gasser"—ot course, they had not teen talking of singing—"talking ot singing reminds me of my early triumphs on> the concert stage. l—ahem !—1 had , a voice then, a truly fine, expressive voice, and 1 can well rememler one time when I sang

'Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep,' so realistically, that several of my audience were actually attacked with mal-de-nicr." "Bah !" said his listener. "That's

nothing. Now, I had a really touching voice—us:d a' sulutely to move my audiences, you know—seen as many as ten men jammed i'n the doorway at the same < time. And, do iou J<no.v, I once sang ' The Last Popt ' with such fervour that the v.hole of the a '.dicuse started licking the'r programmes, and then rushed out to catch it t"