AN EXCLUSIVE LONDON CLUB.
Members of that most exclusive of clubs, the Travellers’, will doubtless, says the “King,” appreciate the following incident which lately befell one of their number, who is well-known for his horror of anything approaching trade or commerce. It so happened that this gentleman had occasion to stay m a provincial hotel for the night, having written previously to engage a room. Duly arriving, he found the landlord most pleasant and obliging, and his dinner and bedroom all that he could possibly desire or expect. Well satisfied with everything, he requested to be furnished with his bill before leaving in the morning. He found tne account wonderfully moderate, and remarked to the landlord that the charges were much smaller than he usually paid. “But,” said the landlord, “I have merely charged you our usual commercial prices.” “Your what?” gasped the lordly personage, with a look of profound disgust. “Well,” replied the landlord, “when you wrote to me ordering a room, your notepaper was headed ■ Travellers’ Club/ and, naturally, I supposed that you were one of ’em!” The doctors say it will take a long time to restore his shattered nerves.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1628, 13 May 1903, Page 36 (Supplement)
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193AN EXCLUSIVE LONDON CLUB. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1628, 13 May 1903, Page 36 (Supplement)
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