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

BISHOP AND 'BUS-DBIVER. Fjuc years ago I had occasion to ride on ?.n omnibus, the driver of which tsjd h:s whip rather unmercifully. Baside me, and next to the driver sit a bishop, who romonsCtatsd with the man for.flogging the hoists. ' What do you know about it, old humbug ?' retorted the 'busman. 'I will have you- punished for crueltj i? you do not desist' said the b'shop, in his b s; Episjop&l mmaer. * li: you don t shut up I'll give the butt " §jeg of that to you, which the 'cssas have | only the. It si "of,' was the, driver's reply. ' - On reaching our dts'oination, and after the b s iop had walked off, the driver, ) turning to mo said:—' Who was that old stick-in-the-mud V On informiag him that ha was probably a well knowa • clergyman, he cried: ' Good gracious! I'll run after him, and bßg his pardon!' this ho did at once, and the bishop, seeing him iuaning down the road, whip in har.cl, flsi! hinisjlf at a nicsfc unprelatic .paea, thinking the driver meant to fulfil hie threat, while the 'busman roared out j * Stop, my lord! Pardon, my lord, pardon!' , , ■ ABSENT-MINDED. friends of a certain abaent-minded young minister are enjoying a Btory which Mb wife tells at his expense. The young gentleman in question is blessed with an abundant crop of Jight hair. The wife is.of an : inventive^-aot to say frivolous tunfbf mind, and one day, not? I , iong before the' clergyman's holiday*bas •' gah ; tried a little experiment to se9 if she could improve the reverend gentleman's I afcvla of haudreasing/ Whilst h'-i was at work at his desk, preparing f-.sr an afternoon ckaa, the lady took oat her own side co«tb3, puffed out the gentleman's hair, and with pins and the'ftfore-meationed sida combs effected a most orderly arrangement of the usually somewhat unruly locks. Then the lady skipped off to attend to more weighty affairs, leaving the gentleman still engrossed in hi j studies. An hou>: or two afterwards the wife walked into the study and beheld her spouse still decorated with the side comba. •Well,* said he, by way of greeting, , the class has boen here, and we have had a v ery ' but the lady interrupted: • Do you mean to eay that you taught that class with your'hair done up in that fashion?' ' Automatic illy the man a hands flew up to his head, . • Ho doesn't discnaa hairdresaing now except in the boaom of hia family. ' The other day a little maid of four yours old came to my shop and asked for a loaf for her mother. ' But,' She added, Tva lost my purae and money, and mother hasu'fr'got ary more.'. •Never mind,' I said, putting a loaf into her basket, 'you can bring the money some other time.' • answered} 'and, please, is there any change, 'cause, if there is, I can c»wy it itt »y hawk;