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14_74 Kew flying and the Missionary alive was brought on board. He had been given a boat to go ashore for the captain would send no man with him. Said the Missionary: I knew I must act quicly for I saw they meant to eat me. So I pulled out my clasp knife, pulled up my trowsers, cut out a piece of my flesh and offered it to them. They took it. One after chewing it a bit, passing it on to the other in great disgust. They concluded they did not want to eat me and my medical knowledge soon established me as a big man among them." The captain was incredulous and so he very shrewdly said : Let us see the place where you cut out that flesh from the leg. The misionary pulled up |
14_75 January 2, 1906 his trousers - the leg was cork! An old lady intimated to Baker incidentally to something that she was 80. Whereupon Baker hastened to say Ah, my dear Madam, I know what it is to be 72!" He has always a jest or joke for the occcasion, but it is always of the occasion. The sparkle is gone when retold. = My fairy god-father here in London is Mr. W. Robinson. He has taken me to dine at the Holborn Restaurant, then to the Alhambra Theatre afterwards. THe Holborn is a famous restaurant with music, livereyed waiters, etc. Another night he took me to the grill room at the Carlton House which is patronized by |
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