A GUILTY CONSCIENCE.
A humorous incident occurred the other day in connection with the ventriloquial performance at (he Theatre l?oyal, W ciJingfcon. Chalet was practising his usual afternoon rehearsal with his lay figures, fancying, of course, that he and his “ familiars” had the stage to themselves ; hut buzzing about behind the scones was the manager and some friends, one of whom is the landlord of a well known city hostelry. Chalet was talking to his dummies and vcnlriloquially made one of them ejaculate, “ Now, then, Dick, aint you coming home,” Instantly the bouifaco at the back paused in his chit chat, turned slightly pale, faltered in his footsteps, and ejaculated, “By Jove, there’s my old woman come to fetch me homo, I promised to meet her in Willis street half an hour ago, and here she is” It took some little time and no end of chaff to persuade him that he really had not “listened” to (he voice of the charmer.”
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2390, 13 November 1880, Page 3
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162A GUILTY CONSCIENCE. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2390, 13 November 1880, Page 3
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