Everything that could be done to make the great unemployed meeting a
success had been accomplished. A large hall, and a good speaker had been
engaged.
When the latter arrived he seemed in a crabby frame of mind. Looking
round, he beckoned the chairman.
"I should like to have a glass of water on my table, if you please," he
said.
"To drink?" was the chairman's idiotic question.
"Oh, no," was the sarcastic retort, "when I've been speaking
half-an-hour I do a high dive."
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