Locke, William John, 1863-1930 / 2008-07-30 00:00:00

EBOOK SIMON THE JESTER ***


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SIMON THE JESTER

By William J. Locke


CHAPTER I
I met Renniker the other day at the club. He is a man who knows
everything--from the method of trimming a puppy's tail for a dog-show,
without being disqualified, to the innermost workings of the mind of
every European potentate. If I want information on any subject under
heaven I ask Renniker.
"Can you tell me," said I, "the most God-forsaken spot in England?"
Renniker, being in a flippant mood, mentioned a fashionable
watering-place on the South Coast. I pleaded the seriousness of my
question.
"What I want," said I, "is a place compared to which Golgotha, Aceldama,
the Dead Sea, the Valley of Jehoshaphat, and the Bowery would be leafy
bowers of uninterrupted delight."
"Then Murglebed-on-Sea is what you're looking for," said Renniker. "Are
you going there at once?"
"At once," said I.
"It's November," said he, "and a villainous November at that; so you'll
see Murglebed-on-Sea in the fine flower of its desolation.
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