HOW TO GET A FAT MAN OUT OF AN OMNIBUS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1029, 2 April 1884, Page 5

HOW TO GET A FAT MAN OUT OF AN OMNIBUS.

Monnier, the French actor, and his friend Romien once took their seats in an omnibus which wa3 already pretty well filled, when there entered an enormous man, who seemed likely to squeeze two or three of the passengers out of all shape. The fat man wore several gaudylooking rings on his fingers, and Mounier forthwith devised a plan to get rid of him on that hot July afternoon. An exchange of glances with Romien was quite enough. Suddenly the latter seemed to undergo a fearful and wondrous change. His eyes assumed the fixity of idiocy, his lower lip twitched convulsively, and slight foam was even visible on his mouth. The entertainment now commenced. Romien (pointing to the fat man) : "Ring ! Me want ring !" Monnier to (the gentlemen) : " Pray hide your hands, my dear Bir j it irritates him 1 Don't give him a ring ; I beg of you not ; pray don't ! " The Fat Man: " I have no intention of giving him one." Romien (with increased energy) : "Me want ring, want ring, oh!" Monnier : "For heaven's sake hide your hands ! You'll render him furious !" The Fat Man (putting his hands behind his back) : " This is intolerable ! They oughtn't to allow these people to get into omnibuses" Romien (now quite furious) : "Me will have a ring ! " Standing vp — " Give me ring !" Monnier : " Haug it, give him the ring, and let us have a little peace I You see I have no more power over him." The Fat Man (scared) : v Conductor, conductor, slop !" He descended from the omnibus with remark* able agility, and the passengers breathed more freely.