HE COULDN'T SEE IT.
A showman was making a great fuss at the front of bis exhibition of the wonders he had inside. A man standing in the crowd, with a little boy beside him, cried out, ‘l’ll bet you a sovereign you cannot let me see a lion,’ ‘ Done,’ said the showman, eagerly ; ‘ put down your money.’ The man placed a sovereign in the hand of a bystander, and the showman did the same, ‘ Now walk this way,’ said the showman ; ‘ and i’ll .-oon convince you. There you arc,’ said he, triumphantly ; ‘ look in that corner at the beautiful, Numidian liou.’ ‘ [ dont’ sec any,’ responded the other. ‘ What’s the matter with you ?’ asked the showman ‘ I’m blind,’ was the grinning reply, and in a few minutes the blind man pocketed tne two sovereigns and went away.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1034, 23 November 1882, Page 3
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137HE COULDN'T SEE IT. Temuka Leader, Issue 1034, 23 November 1882, Page 3
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