DWARFING THEM ALL.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 22, Issue 29, 14 April 1911, Page 5

DWARFING THEM ALL.

1 ' From giants the conversation had turned, naturally, to dwarfs, and the various accomplishments of the various Tom Thumbs had been related at length. Then the club liar bustled in. - “All those dwarfs you’ve mentioned are right enough,” he declared airily ; “but none of them can compare with a stunted specimen I once came across in the wilds of Central Africa. The audience began visibly to dwindle. “Now, he was short, if you like,” continued the club liar, speaking rapidly. “I know you are a set of unbelievers, gentlemen, so I will not venture ti give you his height in actual inches,; but I will tell you this, friends —that that man was so short that every time his corns hurt him ” “Well ?” queried the only relict. “Every time his corns hurt him,” repeated the narrator, “he fancied he had a splitting headache !”