CHAPTER XII

More odds and ends. How I was rescued from “drowning” at Douglas. The mock medals. A night sensation at sea. I act as a race-course steward at the Manx “Derby.” A good old “gag.” I personate another actor at Warrington. Dan Leno’s champion clog dancing. Eccentric lodging house keepers. Selling the “deadheads.” Advertisements introduced into performing. A mean firm. Curried fowl and the disappointed supers. Advertising an electric bell. The audience “sold.” I play at the Cirque Nouveau, Paris. My excess of zeal.