Being given a complimentary dinner previous to his departure for foreign
climes, the guest, who was badly afflicted by stuttering, induced a
friend to respond to the toast of his health for him, which he did very
badly, so much so that the other rose and said:
“Fo-for the fir-first time in-in my li-life I un-understand Balaam’s
fee-feelings when his ass spo-spoke for him.”
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