Excerpt from Smith's Unlucky Day: A Comedy Mrs.' S. (cutting the thread with her scissors). But what about today, John? Has it been) particularly unlucky? Mr. S. (standing with his back to the fireplace). Of course! That is, perhaps not quite as unlucky as usual; but because this day has not been quite as unlucky I am feeling, a little nervous, for I expect some more poor luck - there's no telling how disastrous - will overtake me before mid night. Mrs. S. (laughing). Perfectly absurd, John! And what is the ill luck which has Occurred to you already? Mr. S. (turning to poke up the fire with the tongs). Oh, a certain stock which I invested in recently - Ginger, pre ferred - dropped five points in the market this morning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.