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you going to ha-v? Lr/t it curi:c; h.yv £:>.!•: ilvr-y^ fcllr.vs
the £sg: For instance, I tike s csckt:::! wherever I go. That
dossr/: suit the British ccr.;tif-::cn. In these Gonnan forests
where the British ccnftltuticn was r^rs.:, reer, according tc
T«c::us, was popular. Here's luck to The Gu+r£:n -n£ ccnfu=icr,
to teetctal:s2i.?9

Palrnerston Xcrth. Lectured there, Dec. 2. C-b Hotel.
Memorable Hotel. Stunning Queen cf Sheba style c:
barmaid, always answered the bell and then get up en
her dignity and said — lighting fires, brushing clothes,
beets, etc., was the chambermaid's business. Would she
please tell the chambermaid: Xo answer. Exit. Why dc
you answer the bell:

Sign up saying landlord will not held himself responsible
for baggage. Xo keys tc the door. Drunken loafers making
noise downstairs. Said he had keys, but didn't knew they
was going to be wanted and it would take a long time to
sort them cut; hadn't any labels or numbers en them.
Elderly and not very handsome woman said she'd given
up her room if she'd known people was so particular.
She wasn't afraid to sleep without a key. Got a key at
last — midnight.

Early in the morning baby began — pleasantly— didn't
mind baby — then the piano, tin kettle, played by either
the cat or a partially untrained artist — certainly the most
extraordinary music — straight average of three right nctes
to four wrong ones, but played with eager zeal and glad-
ness — old, old tunes of 40 years ago, such as I heard at
Timoru — and considering it was the cat — for it must have
been the cat — it was really a marvelous performance. It
convinces me that a cat is more intelligent than people
believe, and can be taught any crime,

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