THE CLERGYMAN'S RETORT.
"A German clergyman,: when tcrav^llha^y'^ put up at an hotel whertf-the company shm' 41 very jovial. The host, not being- used "^■L© having a clergyman, at his table, treated hini i : i_ with due respect, but the guests did not Lf^ spare him, evidently regarding him as ~*y ■'■■ :_% ■legitimate - butt for their witticisms. The LL-J clergyman ate his dinner in silence, iaj^y-yp-panently without observing the gib*»*a_ijli y sneers of his neighbours. One of th<ahj at :::< y last, in despair at» his forbearance, said' W; v.'-. J him, "Well, I wonder at your patieooeLL^ Have you not heard all that has been sa-dyis-L to-yOT_?" :'■-':■- ■'■' . "fiy "08., yes, 'but lam used to it! Do yoay . y know who I am?" -r ririi "No, sir.". ; -.-ri'fi : "Well, I will inform) you. I am chay- -yi lain in a' lunatic asylum, and such roniaro have no effect upon me!" '?^
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7808, 12 September 1903, Page 3
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148THE CLERGYMAN'S RETORT. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7808, 12 September 1903, Page 3
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