One of Harry Lauder's stories was founded on his happening to see a drunken man in a plarid little watering place in -Scotland. There was nothing remarkable about *4he inebriate, but somehow the contrast between his lurching ,gait the calm sunny sea around tickled Lauder on i|the funny bone, for lie Recounted the affair in this way. "As the droonk was lurching up a few steps in the direction of his door, and was wildly grubbing aTa lamp post to save his balance, I heard him murmur, 'God help the sailors on a nicht like this.' "
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 May 1914, Page 3
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96Untitled Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 May 1914, Page 3
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