HE COULD HAVE WATER AS WELL.
A certain youthful billiard-marker was recently informed by his employer (liat he would have to be more careful in the matter of chalk. " Can't help it sir." replied the marker. " J know the gents wot pockets the chalk ; but they're regular customers, and you wouldn't like me to offend them, would you, sir ? " " Well, no," was the reply. "But you could give them a gentle hint, you know ! " The marker promised to do so and a day or two later on observing a player pocketing a piece of chalk, he approached the culprit and remarked " You'll excuse me, sir ; but are you connected any way with the milk trade ? " " Well yes," was the reply. " What of it ? " " I thought so," rejoined the youthful billiard-marker "by the amount of chalk you carry away. Jly governor likes enterprise, and he told me to give you a hint that if you wanted a bucket of water now and again you could have one with pleasure ! "
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Lake County Press, Issue 1066, 28 May 1903, Page 3
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