Hard Of Digestion


QUIN had been dining, and his host expressed his regret that he could

offer no more wine, as he had lost the key of his wine-cellar. While the

coffee was getting ready the host showed his guest some natural

curiosities, and among the rest an ostrich. Do you know, sir, that this

bird has one very remarkable property--he will swallow iron?--Then

very likely, said Quin, he has swallowed the key of your

wine-cellar!



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