A workman, while repairing one of the outer Venetian blinds of an aristocratic establishment missed his footing and fell into the street. A crowd gathered round him, and raised him up, when it was found that lie had received only a few slight contusions. Meanwhile one of the servants brought him a glass of water. Makiiw a wry face, the man said, “ Only water ! Front what height should I have had to fall to get a glass of beer T “Good gracious!” says Smith to Robinson who has just entered his club iu a state of -<reat excitement, “how pale you look! the matterV’ —“I believe you. A few minutes ago I was crossing Pall Mall with a friend when he was knocked down by a hansom I thought he was killed, but fortunately hi escaped with only a few bruises,”—“ You mast have been terribly frightened .all the same ” -“I should fancy I was. This morning' I lent him hve bunded pounds, and I hadn’t got a jreceipt,”
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Evening Star, Issue 3343, 6 November 1873, Page 2
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169Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Evening Star, Issue 3343, 6 November 1873, Page 2
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