SOMETHING IN A NAME.
All Englishman, travelling on till' Continent, engaged the services of a smart courier, and .111 arriving at an inn one evening lie sent liim for the traveller's register that he might enter his name, in accordance with the Austrian police regulations. The man replied that he liad anticipated his wishes, and registered him as an ••English gentleman of independent means." •'But how did .von write my name?" "f can't ex-i.'flv pronounce it. hut I copied it faithfully I'vrnn Milord's portmanteau." "But it i* not there. Bring me the hook."
What was our traveller's amazement at finding, instead of a very plain English name of two syllables, the following portentous entry: "Monsieur Warrantedsolidleather."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 166, 30 November 1912, Page 1 (Supplement)
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116SOMETHING IN A NAME. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 166, 30 November 1912, Page 1 (Supplement)
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