John Philip Sousa traveled six thousand miles to hear the celebrated
chimes of an English church. As he was drawing near the place the
wonderful chimes rang out, and enraptured, Sousa exclaimed to the driver
of the vehicle, “You folk are indeed fortunate to live within sound of
those heavenly chimes.”
“I can’t hear a word you say,” shouted the driver irritably, “them d——
bells deafen me.”
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