Might do Better.
Through carelessness on the part of the committee of a well-known We3t End club, and some dexterous wire-pulling by the individual concerned, an exceedingly unpopular man contrived to secure his election ; but he soon made himself generally obnoxious to his fellow-mem-bers by continually posiDg and swaggering on the steps at the entrance. One morning, not long after he had taken up his customary position, a prominent member of the club, whom we will call Major t)*ih, came up the Bteps, and in passing him said, wiih quiet sarcasm : "I say, X ,-I could get subscriptions to the tune of £500 for you in the club if you would only take your name off the books." X rushed off in a tremendous rage to a friend of bis with the story. " What do you think ?" he shouted.^ " I have been outrageously insulted by that Major Dash. He hai just said that if I would tak« my name off the club books he would get up a subscription of £500 for me. What would you do ? " " Well," replied his friend, "if I were you I wouldn't take it. You stand out a bit and you'll get £1000."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2152, 23 May 1895, Page 49
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198Might do Better. Otago Witness, Issue 2152, 23 May 1895, Page 49
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