DWARFING THEM ALL.
f From giants the conversation hac turned, naturally, to dwarfs, and the various accomplishments of the various Tom Thumbs had been related at length. Then the club liar bustled in.
"All those dwarfs you've mentionec are right enough," he declared airily ; "but none of them can compare with a stunted specimen I once came across in the wilds of Central Africa The audience began visibly tc dwindle.
"Now, he was short, if you like,' continued the club liar, speaking rapidly. "I know'you are a set o unbelievers, gentlemen, so I will not venture ti give you his height ii actual inchesbut I will tell yoi this, friends—that that man was sc short that every time his corns hurhim "
"Well ?" queried the only relict,
"Every time his corns hurt him," repeated the narrator, "he fancied hr had a splitting headache !"
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 484, 20 July 1912, Page 6
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142DWARFING THEM ALL. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 484, 20 July 1912, Page 6
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