THE FALL OF NELSON.
The curtain had just fallen on a very ' creditable tableau of the Death of Nel? • t ion, shown to slow music, by village performers, when one, who was known to be a friend of the cottager who impersonated the hero, rose and tried to ; make his way to the stage. “Keep'your eeats, please,” said the stage manager, “we’re much obliged for your kind ap- , plauSe, and we’re going, to give you the Death of Nelson oyer again.” “Oh, are yer?” said the Hero’s friend, “then 1 if you’ll tell Nelson ’is kitchen chimley’s afire, and'.’is wife’s ’ad a couple'of fits, p’raps ’e won’t die so blessed lingering.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 December 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)
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111THE FALL OF NELSON. Taranaki Daily News, 13 December 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)
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