'Shall I Sit on It?'
asked the irrepressible Bio. ; but the operators received' the proposal in dignified silence. Now, the audience were making things merry outside. They had. gazed on that precious screen until their eyes ached, and in vain. ' I can see Garraid,' we heard one small voice cry, and there
was a chorus of ' where's ?'::,• Up on the dog kennel;' was the response, X The boy was crushed. At this juncture, our lawyer arrived in the person of Mr Jackson Palmer. • Guess you'll want l me, 'he said;, 'I had to leave some nice girls, but :I knew you'd : want help before you got out of this affair.' We let him stay, and we vowed ifthe;thirig would only- gee, we'd stiokto ink and paper extras for the future. The pressure on the gas-bag had begun to; work, and we turned the light on the Pacific' again. Alas! we could see nothing bUu a pretty girl at one of the windows and the distracted landlord, at another. We felt sorry for him, bat hang it, look at ourselves. The crowd cheered again. Blow the crowd 1 Crowds are always unsympathetic. Then we proposed to hang the lantern-man outside the window, and exhibit him ; but on his promise that it would be all right in five minutes, we agreed to let him stay.
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Observer, Volume XI, Issue 700, 28 May 1892, Page 5
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