HIS SUBSTITUTE
An Irish officer rang his bell so often that no servant the landlady engaged would stop in the house, or could stand the running up and down stairs. The officer consequently received notice to quit, which he was unwilling to iio, and, finding out the reason, he t>romised never to ring his bell again. Upon this understanding he was allowed to remain.
In about half an hour the whole house was alarmed by the report of a revolver shot in the captain's room. Up rushed the landlady, lodgers, and servants, and burst open the door, expecting to discover some dreadful tra-
gedy.
"Coffee," coolly said the captain. On their expressing surprise, the lod-
ger said
"As you object to my ringing the bell I must find a substitute."
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 23 June 1915, Page 7
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130HIS SUBSTITUTE Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 23 June 1915, Page 7
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