HOW IS THAT FOR HIGH?
An English paper narrates - the following j; “There is a story-told of a gentlemanovet seven, feqt,, high; a, v talen.ted mepahqr of thi -bar, and a, modest, ’ good-natured citizen] almost,unexcelled for ;hit ? quiet* delicious humor. ~Re was, one. night sitting mtfie staiifof,a .emtaiq the , actors advanced- j.td itheirpositiqn; a qry ! p£, .“Do\vn in front I’ bet--0M»« .geftwal- apdjmice. { . The# /latentiom directed- .tqwards thpi'tall o%rrrbr,'Who, f leeling.^mas,elf, Jhq object of remark, thought he was required to settle i Id-tie, VVjjOpking-asiif/he -yvould litttf.tP’-.e'ettle through the floor, he prqceeded to raise him/ self iq q stapdmgj position, in such agj tp aq; impression that there was no end to him. At last he did-get length, whenj, slowly glancing round at the astonished audienqe, he very deliberately...remarked ‘Gentlemen, t0 s XOU that X; was sxttmg;downi I will now stand,-up,!.’ A, buvaj} -of laughter and -applause succeeded, and- the audience—and. actors,:became convulsed, <ithe jqurtain de*sceuded rapidly, the manager, with beaming came forward, and -amidst tbe .wildest applause; qondneted .the geutlQman.to'a pri- - is % rM !
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Evening Star, Issue 3412, 28 January 1874, Page 3
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173HOW IS THAT FOR HIGH? Evening Star, Issue 3412, 28 January 1874, Page 3
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