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George Clarke, a celebrated negro minstrel, on one occasion, when being examined as a witness, was severely interrogated by a lawyer. ' - :'
You are in the minstrel business, I believe?' inquired the lawyer. ............ ,'Yes, sir/ was the reply. :' Is not that rather a low calling V , * 'I don't know but what it is, sir,' replied the minstrel, but it is so much better than my .father's * that: lam rather proud of it.' ' -* *■; _ The lawyer fell into the trap. What was your father's calling?' he inquired. - ./ " 'He was, lawyer,' replied Clarke, in a tone that sent the whole court into a roar of laughter as the discomfited lawyer sat down.
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New Zealand Tablet, 1 May 1913, Page 61
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111PROUD OF IT New Zealand Tablet, 1 May 1913, Page 61
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