OUTSIDE THE EXHIBITION.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 20, Issue 68, 27 August 1909, Page 2

OUTSIDE THE EXHIBITION.

A yokel drew up in a four-wheeler I opposite the main entrance of the ! Franco-Hritish Exhibition in LonI don. and. having alighted, timidly : approached the cabman, and tendered him one shilling and six pennies i as his fare. | Cabby, descrying a half-sovereign | among the coppers, whipped up his I horse, and drave frantically up Baker Street, Hearing cries from the yokel, who ran after the cab, i he had an attack of deafness, until, near me Oxford Street, he was stopped by a policeman. The yokel, much out of breath, soon, came up j with tlie cab, and cabby mentally bade goodbye to the half-sovereign. I "I am L got nothin' of his.” cried j the driver* turning appealingly to ; the policeman, i "Yes, ye hev,” gasped the yokel. 1 "Ye ran awav wi' me grandmother.” | Sure enough, there was the old jadv still in the cab. and starjn,pale with, fright, at the crowd and