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A story of the Kaiser’s ready wit is The .hairdresser who attends the ; Emperor is indomglbiy onpttncttial, and more than once he actually kept his august client waiting. On cne of these occasions the Kaiser generously, though with scarce veiled irony, presented the barber with a handsome gold watch. This broad btnc, however, failed in its purpose, dad soon after, oil the hairdresser again arriving late, the Soldier-King impatiently demanded, “Llave you still that watch t gav/i you ‘Why, yes, your Majesty," said the barber* • here it is." “Ah,” said the Kaiser, taking it with a humorous smile, “as it really seems to bo a very uncertain timekeeper I will give you another,’’ and the astonished barber found himself with one of the commonest type of nickel-plated watches in his unwilling hand.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 12 November 1901, Page 3
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134UNWELCOME WIT. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 12 November 1901, Page 3
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