IN A TRANCE.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 23, Issue 6, 23 January 1912, Page 2

IN A TRANCE.

He was a furniture remover’s man, ' and his memory, as he cheerfully admitted, was very “convenient.’-’ No, he couldn’t 'remember where Mr. Slyflit had taken his family and furniture. ' ( ‘'‘Come, now, said the debt collector, “he hasn’t been gone a week, and you. drove the van !” j “Did I?” '"You know you did,” | “And it’s only a week ago t" J “Of course.” 1 “Funny,” murmured the man, “howy easy a'fellow forgets !” ( The debt collector produced half tt' sovereign, and tendered it. “That ought to rouse your mem-j ory,” he remarked. I “It ought to do so, sir,” admitted' the other, ‘"But you see, this ain’t* no common, ordinary memory, and it’ll take a deal o' rousing. Why, 1 it cost a sovereign to put it to sleep,” i