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Show HE FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS Pat Had Been Taught to Do Things on the Combination Plan. A gentleman In want of a coachman coach-man had an Irishman apply for the situation, when the following conversation conver-sation took place between them: "You know, Pat, if I engage you, I shall expect you to do things by combination. com-bination. For instance, if I tell you to bring the carriage round at a given time I shall expect the horses with it, and driving gloves, etc. "Yes, sorr," said Pat. He was duly engaged, and gave satisfaction. sat-isfaction. One day his ir aster cama to him in a hurry, telling him to look sharp and go for a doctor, as his mistress mis-tress was ill. Pat was gone for a long time, and on his master grumbling at him for his delay, he said: "Sure, they're all here, sorr." "All here!" said the master. "What do you mean." "Didn't you tell me to do things by combination?" "What's that got to do with It?" said the master. "Well," said Pat, "I've got the doctor, doc-tor, the parson and the undertaker." Tit-Bits. |