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. AWMtaboutto leaye a Washington . found 4f: ; on Via till'of Sldols. 'fori six' quwts of ■ champagne. He had bewTat tW hotel six days;a"Hd"had drank?" pint of' chsm« pagne eaoh day at dinner. This was thl manner in which he proceeded to have the error corrected. After having paoWd with his trunk, keeping out a suioSnt number of articlos to fill,to the bursting point a small hand bag,'and, with that in one handjmd a pair of,tieavy boot* Id the other, went down to the office and asked for the bill .deft. When that funotiouary appeared the folllowina cod* vwßation ensued-: / Guestj-M'v Blank, will you do me the favour to put those boots in that baft ••• • Clerk-rWby, wbatdo you mean ? wly don't yoij nut 'em in yourself ?«r, toll the truth, lift* get '■emin.'' ut •• ■•■•-?,.' ■ Olerkr-Theu how do you wpeot ra« to -get'era to/./, Guest—Well,' I don't know } bat you got s\% quarts. of.cbampagne into iii pint bottlej,?o,| thought you: might be able to',;get Jhoße.bootg ihtpjtat bag, '.. The olerk went. behM the return* and
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2472, 9 December 1886, Page 2
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