AT A CRICKET MATCH.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 500, 14 September 1912, Page 7

AT A CRICKET MATCH.

He was a good deal in love but still he was a n enthusiastic cricketer and so allowances must be made for him, for he had taken her to the first match she had ever seen, and she was of the "why does the man throw the ball at the man with the bat ?" order of damsel. When she had asked pretty Btell every question which would occur to a weak-minded Martian who had suddenly dropped into a cricket field, one of the batsmen began to pat the somewhat lumpy wicket with his bat. Of course, she saw him doing it, and, of course, she asked why he did it. Augustus is a patient man, but she had worn him out.

Well, you see, my dear, he replied, in desperation, "there are a lot ol worms about here, and they keep poking up their heads to watch the game. Of course, that puts the batsman off his stroke, and, indeed, it isn't fair, considering they haven't paid their admission money, and as soon as one pokes up his head the batsman pokes it down again." And the innocent darling was perfectly satisfied, and proceeded to ask something else.