Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1894 — A Clever Ruse. [ARTICLE]

A Clever Ruse.

To get rid of a bore, try the method pursued by a certain Harlem clubman. When accosted by one he shakes hands warmly with his persecutor, glances round anxiously, and dropping his voice, confidentially remarks: “Say, I must be off! There’s an awful bore here that I want to dodge —talk a fellow to death. You understand, old boy?” The bore (with a wink) —“I understand, old fellow!” (Departs without the remotest suspicion that he is the bore.)