The Only One.
Mr Blank had 1 advertised for a chauffeur, a I'd he passed over a dozen applicants until ! he came to one 'whose general appearance , seemed to fill the bill, and then said to ' i him: I "Sir, I want a man different from tlu> ordinary chauffeur." j "Yes, sir. I thought from the reading* !of your advertisement that you did. I am different." "In what respects?" t:lf you hare a wife, I shall not flirt with her. "If yo-ji jave a daughter,' I shall nof ca;ole her into eloping with me. | j "If your wife tries to find out through me where you go certain nights I shall be ' mum, J "I shall not come to your house to court the parlour-maid. I be out in the auto, alone, and ] some fellow should want to race me, I ' shall decline. j "I am a first-class liar regarding epeedl' , when arrested by the police. I "I never give things away to- the newspapers. "If divorce proceedings axe instituted I I go on the sfcan<J*JEor you." j He vras hired on the spot. —Rehoboth Chronicle. j
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Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 26 August 1908, Page 86
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187The Only One. Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 26 August 1908, Page 86
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