A SLIGHT MISTAKE.
y. -, The. present 1 Archbishop of IDtibliny the gifted author of the -work so widely known^ '<M^;iJie " Study: of ,^ords," is not : in very i^bust health, arid has been for many years apprehensive of paralysis. At a recent dmner in.Dub^^^ ■ by 'the Jliord-Lieutenant of Ireijfcndi his ; /.Grace sat On the right of his hostjess^ the Duchess of Abercorn. In themidist of the dinner the company was stasrtleo? by seeing the A^chbishop^rise from his, seat,- and still more, startled to hear nfei exclaim m a disnial and sepulchral tbnfe, "It has come ! it has come ! " , ' i "What has come your grace P" ea*ger- ; ly cried. half a dozen vbices from different parts of the table. I have been expecting for' twenty jejaxfi," sblemnljr answered the Archbishop— ••a.str^ke of paralysis. I have been pinching 'myself for the la*st! twenty; minutes; and find myself en-' tirely without sensation." i; "Pardon me, my dear Archbishop/, said the Duchess, looking , up . to him v ' with a somewhat quizzical smile,'* pardon me for contradicting y.ou, but it is I .that/ypa/have been pinching." ' L
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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 96, 19 September 1877, Page 3
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180A SLIGHT MISTAKE. Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 96, 19 September 1877, Page 3
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