By Combination.
A gentleman ir want of a coachman had j an Irishman apply for the situation, when the following conversation took place between them: — j "You know, Pat, if I engage you, 1 shell expoct you to do things by combina- ' tion. For instance, if I tell you to bring ■' the carriage round at a given time, I shall expect the horses with it, and driving j gloves, etc." " Ye=, sorr," said Pat. He was duly engaged, and gave satisfaction. One day his master amc to him m a hurry, telling him to look sharp and go for a doctor, as his mistress was ill. Pat was gone for a long time, and on his master grumbling at him for his delay ho said : " Sure, they're all hece, sorr." "All here?" said the master. "What do you mean?" " Didn't you tell me to do things by combination?" "What's that got to do with it?" said the master. ""Well," said Pat, " I've got the doctor, the parson, and the undertaker."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2857, 16 December 1908, Page 88
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170By Combination. Otago Witness, Issue 2857, 16 December 1908, Page 88
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