False Alarm.
The opera season was at its height. Lady Millioent. car&fuily adjtisting her tiara, had entered the third" box on the lower tier.
The manager was in his counting-house counting out his money. The prima donna was in her dressing room eatmg throat tablets. Everybody was waiting for the curtain to rise, when they oould talk louder. Lady Millicent still had on her opera cloak. She K had a bosom full of diamonds that she was determined to spring on the audience.
For a moment she hesitated and then, throwing aside her cloak! faced the stacje. A cry of " Fire .' rang out immediately. Blinded oy the intense glare, several people became panic-stricken. It took only three minutes for the engines to arrive. The chief of the fire department directed the hose to be turned on Lady Miliicent at once.
Covering her with a tarpaulin, she was then removed to her home.
"Never again," said Lady Millicent, mournfully, "will I make such a display."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2664, 5 April 1905, Page 79
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164False Alarm. Otago Witness, Issue 2664, 5 April 1905, Page 79
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