| Show SAVED BY THE TRUTH why joe jefferson did not DIV dl charge tippling servant joseph jefferson once bad had in his hi employ a plausible eort sort of 0 man halt valet halt factotum grossly incompetent and unsatisfactory whom he lie desired to get rid of it was a certainty the man dran wine from the cellar would disappear mysteriously and the supply in the decanters disappear gradually but there never was any ocular proof that the servant was responsible and said jefferson in telling the story to a friend there I 1 was what could I 1 doa however he con tinned one day as I 1 was sitting in my library who should I 1 see but wib ham reeling up the walk drunk as a lord my aly opportunity had come after many years I 1 waited tor for him I 1 would tell him how drunk be he was he lie would deny it of course he ile would insist he was sober but should have the calm consciousness of right on my side and my excuse for sending him away would be SUM dent so when william approached I 1 gazed at him with all the severity I 1 could summon and said william you are drunk he ile returned my look with perfect imperturbability mr jefferson he said I 1 am more than that I 1 am very drunk sir and continued mr jeff jefferson erson will you tell me what I 1 could do he ile took the wind out of my sails he prayed himself a perfectly truthful man and you finally got rid of him asked the man to whom the story was told just then some one came in to light the lamps and the come dian dlan looked at him no he answered with ith a smile that was william who just came in I 1 couldn coulden it discharge a man for telling the truth could I 1 |
