HIS PECULIAR MEMORY.
lie was a furniture remover's man, and his memory, as he cheerfully admitted, was "very convenient." No, lie couldn't remember where Mr. Slyllit had taken his family and f limit ure "Come, now." said the deb! collector, "he hasn't been gone a week, and you drove the van !" "Did 1 •.>" "You know you did." "And it's only a week ago?" "Of course." "Funny," murmured the man, "howeasy a fellow forgets !" The debt collector produced half a sovereign. and tendered iI. "That ought lo rouse your memory." lie remarked. "It ought to do so, sir.'' admitted the other. "But you see. lllis ain't no common ordinary memory,, and it'll take a deal o' rousing. Why, it cost a sovereign to put il to sleep."
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Lake County Press, Issue 2137, 27 September 1906, Page 7
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