WILLING TO OBLIGE.
It had bidden fair to be a grand concert. One thing the chairman was anxious about was that the accompanist had not put in an appearance. The concert was delayed for fifteen minutes, but still no accompanist turned up. The chairman, as liis wits’ end to know what to do, got np and said: Ladies and gentlemen, I regret to say that Mr. Smyth, our accompanist, lias not put in au appearance. Will it ho too much to ask if any lady or gentleman would mind undertaking that responsible position ?” After a few minutes a rfttlier hurlylooldng gentleman from the back of the hall said ho wouldn’t mind “having a cut,” whereupon the chairman, after arranging the music and things took his place in the chair. The new acompanist began by looking behind the piano, under the music, round the sides —in fact, everywhere. The chairman, wondering what was amiss, asked him what he was looking for, whereupon the burly-looking gentleman, looking up a the chairman 'ill amazement, replied: “I can’t find the ’andle!” *
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1996, 4 February 1907, Page 4
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177WILLING TO OBLIGE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1996, 4 February 1907, Page 4
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