Not Very Flattering
A certain clergyman, who had no more ear for .music- than a crow, practised on the cornet every day, and woke the echoes round his house with some grating dosAfter a while he noticed that a ehowilydressed little man walked up and down the lane whenever he was playing, and went away directly 'the musio ceased. Ouri«B» to kn»w the reason of this, he leaned ' out of the window as the man was passing and called out: "Hullo, my friend I You come here very regularly. Do I flatter myself unduly by fancying that you like my music?' "Ivot at all, sir,'.', was the smiling little man's ambiguous answer. "I am making a. special study of your playing." "That's nice of you, said the parson, roddening with pleasure. "I hope you will find ft helpful.'* "Oh, yes, sir, I shall. You see, lm a member of a troupe of musical clowns. We're paid to make funny noises on muai- ' cal instruments, and T alwayt k-J-.p my ears onen for • anything likely to bnr.g down the house 1" •
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Otago Witness, Issue 2805, 18 December 1907, Page 91
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180Not Very Flattering Otago Witness, Issue 2805, 18 December 1907, Page 91
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