THE PROFESSOR AND A MAID.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 391, 5 November 1903, Page 7

THE PROFESSOR AND A MAID.

■WgJKISS KITTY HUEST ran out with v|XJP sa unfinished break of twenty--SBKk one * ' Gloves all round/ see said to the group of mea who . had succumbed to her prowess with the cue* r!s- ' •Bravo, Kitty!' exclaimed an enthusiastic youngster. 'You have most extraordinary luck, Miss Hurst/ said Fanshawe of the Coldstreams. Fadahawe was voted a cad, and frowned upon. • Would you like to play it over again V asked Miss Hurst of F&nshawe, cf the Coldstreams, ' I'll give you more points, just to compensate tor my luck, you snow,* jTanEhawe pulled bis moustache, aed Miss Kitty =miled at him like an angel She wore a white dress, cunningly devised frim plyue, and at her waist nestled three happy, red roses which young Barker had picked at six o'clock that morning, and young Baiker was always Eeriously ibcUbpocea by dinner-time it be got up before breakfast. Tte group of men clustered round Miss Burst like bees round some beautiful flower—buzzing compliments. ' Well, what shall we do ?' aeked Kitty. r No more billiards, eh?' The group of mm uttered an inharmonious assent. ' You come into the orchard and flirt

with me/ said the enthusiastic youngster; ' and these fellowß can go into tbe library and improve their minds ; it'll do them a

lot of good, and me, too—in the orchard.' Kitty shock her head. * I daren't.' she Eaid. * Yen have such a fascinating way 3ith Ton that 1 might ssy and do all soits fkf tiny things,' « ' i'cu'ie zathei good at that,' eaid the Boy, Barker and the Bey rt-re 3licS Burst's meat awful adn.i;c:s, and Barker ctc-

sideied the Boy in ' .mpertinent young idiot' j while the Boy t. as lend and consistent in desciibiig Baiter as a 'silly Mb' ' Well, then, come and upset the Prcfesßor'g- specimens,' suggested the Bey; he's got * new lot in—brought 'em home in bis pocket last night. There wero three ealeipii&w in the bath this morn- % ing, but it didn't take long to drown them.' ' You're a cruel hoy,' said Misß Kitty. • WeU, you wouldn't like to hare caterpillars crawling all over you when you'ie % washing yourself.'