A NOVEL LUNCHEON.
Mr Brice the other day related a pleasant reminiscence of a luncheon party in the Far East. It happened among the Dyaks. He had been away from home once, and, on returning, found his man had been sent to prison for theft—thieving is the commonest of crimes out there; so he invited the magistrate to tiffin. Then, to his dismay, he found his cook also had been incarcerated. He put it to the magistrate. What could be done? No cook, no luncheon? “Oh,” said the dignitary, “we’ll have him out on bail to cook the lunch and then send him buck." And they did.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue VIII, 24 February 1900, Page 364
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107A NOVEL LUNCHEON. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue VIII, 24 February 1900, Page 364
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