DWARFING THEM ALL.
From giants the conversation hac turned, naturally, to dwarfs, and th« various accomplishments of the various Tom Thumbs had been related at length. Then the club liar bustled in.
"All those dwarfs you've mentioned are right enough," he declared airi '.y ; "but none of them can compare with a stunted specimen I once came across in the wilds of Central Africa The audience began visibly t< dwindle.
"Now, he was short, if you li ; *e,' continued the club liar, spea'um: rapidly. "I know you are a set o unbelievers, gentlemen, so I wiil not venture ti give you bis h.-ight ii actual inches,; but 1 will tell yoi this, friends—that that man was sc short that every time his coin; bur him " "Well ?" queried the only relict. "EVery time his corns hurt him," repeated the narrator, "he fancied In had a splitting keadache !"
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 566, 10 May 1913, Page 2
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146DWARFING THEM ALL. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 566, 10 May 1913, Page 2
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