A' CASE OF SEVERE EXPOSURE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3565, 14 October 1880, Page 4

A' CASE OF SEVERE EXPOSURE.

Some people never seem to get the right idea of a subject, somehow. They were talking- up at M'Allister's the other evening of the sufferings tho poor people turned out of doors by the recent hurricanes iv the Southern States, when a bashful yonug man with a green necktie, who was silently squirming on a straight-backed chair, in a corner, was aeked how much exposure he thought it was possible for a human being to endure. " Exposure, mum ? Yes, mum. Well, the most terriblo instance of exposure I ever knew wassomethiug that happened to myself a few years ago." " Indeed," said a young lady. " Tell us all about it." " Well, you must know I had a great habit of walking out through the Park, and strolling on the beach near the Cliff House. One Sunday morning, very early, I was tempted by the extreme heat to slip into the surf and take a bath, which, as there was no one around at that early hour, I Gnally did. Judge of ray horror when I came out and found that the tide had risen and carried off my clothes." "Ahem!" interrupted the hostess, " won't — won't you try some chocolote, Mr. Skidmore ?" "Thanks, in a minute — just as soon as I finish my story. Yes, every stitch I had in the world was gone — everything except a chest protector, and I was forced to walk in to Van Ness-avenue, where I lived, with nothing in the world but that between me and the sneers of the heartless world. I'll tell you how I managed. I just tied this pro •" But just heie three ladies fainted, while another, with great tact, sat down at the piano and shrieked " Nancy Lee" at the top of her lungs, under cover of which the dead and wounded were carried off, while the sincere but misguided young man was coaxed out into the hall and handed his hat. I