ONE OF THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE.
A characteristic story is related of a certain English maker, famous in both hemispheres, alike for his excellent guns and affable manner. On one occasion a lord of more pretensions than skill as a sportsman returned a gun with the request that it be altered in stock to fit him, as he had failed to do good shooting with the piece. Well knowing that the fault was in his lordship and not in the gnn (which was made to order) the manufacturer decided upon a plan of action. Assuring the eccentric nobleman that all should be made satisfactory, the gun-maker simply laid the fowling piece aside, and after some delay produced it for the inspection of the sportsman. His lordship was delighted. The gnn was vastly improved in his critical (?) eye. “ Why, dye know, it’s exquisite, my dear fellah ; how did you do it so, my friend ?” observed the mighty nimrod. With a knowing wink the maker replied : ‘ Ah, it’s one of the tricks of the trade, my lud ; one of the tricks of the trade.”
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1004, 2 March 1883, Page 4
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183ONE OF THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE. Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1004, 2 March 1883, Page 4
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