A PREDICAMENT.
Mr. Poodle knew well the value of an initial laugh which it is so necessary to introduce into the beginning of a speech, to put the audience into a good temper, and especially so when a discussion of some weighty subject is to follow. "Astronomy tells us," he began, "according to our learned friend who has just sat down after his most interesting remarks on that fascinating science, that an express train, travels ling at the rate of one hundred miles a second, would take several million years to reach a certain star." He paused and beamingly looked round on the assembled company. "That was the statement," said a neighbour. "I was just thinking," went on Mr. Poodle, "what a predicament a man would be in if he missed the last train and had to walk !"■
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 18, Issue 31, 16 April 1907, Page 2
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138A PREDICAMENT. Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 18, Issue 31, 16 April 1907, Page 2
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