CEREMONIOUS.
Frenchmen are noted fortheir punctiliousness, but they have no monopoly of that virtue. A nice sense of propriety occasionally crops out in quite unexpected quarters. ‘ Pat,’ said the superintendent of one of our New England manufactories, ‘go' down to the firm's office and wash the windows.’ Pat presently appeared in the outer room with his bucket and sponges. ‘ An' I was tould to wash the windvs in the firm's office,’ he said to one of the clerks. * All right, that’s it right in there,’ answered the clerk, pointing to the door. ‘ But they're in there,’ said Pat. ‘ Oh, never mind, go right in.' But Pat still hesitated. ‘ Faith,' said he, ‘ an" would y& plaze be after goin’ in an' inthroducin’ me?’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 24, 14 June 1890, Page 20
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122CEREMONIOUS. New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 24, 14 June 1890, Page 20
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