An anecdote is related of a sentry at "Woolwich dockyard on a certain important occasion when the public were rigorously excluded. A gentlsinan in plain clothes was about to pass the gate, when the sentinel barred his approach, and said he had orders to let no one in. ' But I am Admiral Mundy,' expostulated the other. ' I can't help it, , replied the sentry, 'if you are Admiral Tuesday week!'
An American arrived one day at a little hotel in a French provincial town. Tired and dusty with travel, he demanded a room and plenty of water to wash with. ' Water! We hare not a drop, , said the landlord. Muttering expressions of dissatisfaction, he reached his room. Hoon startling cries were heard. ' Fire, lire, fire !' A dozen servants rushed upstairs and into his room, bearing in their hands vessels of all sorts, filled with water with which to extinguish the flames. ' Ah, , said the guest, turning composedly upon them, 'you may leave me the water! Thank you, that is all.'
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3183, 10 September 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)
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