Ebony the Black Servant's Faint Humor at Hotel
A gentleman insults a negro waiter by asking why he is so black. The waiter jokes that his color is due to a daytime eclipse at his birth, and the guest gives a shilling for the explanation. He adds the remark that the man may be black but is not green.
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