Something in a Name.
An Englishman travelling on the Continent engaged the services of a smart courier, and on arriving at an inn one evening he sent him for the Travellers' Register that he might enter his name in" accordance with the Austrian pjlice regulations. The man replied that he had anticipated his wishes and registered him as an " English gentleman of independent meanlL" " But how did you wiito my nama ? " " I can't exactly pronounce itj but I copied it faithfully from Milor's portmanteau.'.' " But it is not there. Being me the book." What was out traveller's amazament at finding, instead of a very plain Eoglish name of two syllables, the following portentous entry :— " Monsieur Warrantedsolidleather." — Le Petit Liegeois. •
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Otago Witness, Issue 1851, 17 August 1893, Page 50
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119Something in a Name. Otago Witness, Issue 1851, 17 August 1893, Page 50
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