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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 677, 13 June 1914, Page 7

A yotng man and his wife v.cre seated in the dining-room of a 1 o el while on a vacation whin twcryo-rLj-' men entered and toot seats at the same table. After a survey cf the strangers, one of the youiihs too": up his fork and, tapping it in ati apparently careless way agai',st -<h.J cage of his plate, spelled out in the Morse code, "Do you thn"c they ao< bride and-groom ?" •'Yes, surely,*' his companion tapped back. "Just wateh how soft they are !"- Immediately, to the dismay of the °yo nr men, the fork of the supposed bridegroom joined in thj -conversiticn. With great rapidity it tapped but : "Gentlemen you are mistaken. We, have been married five years iw have three children !"

On his birthday little Freddy received a prqjsent of a beautiful model steam-engine vfrom grandpa. He played and played with-it Until he managed to break the whetls off. Mother was very angry with him, and talked to him severely en lis roughness. . Thsn she punishod him by putting him to the cornsr. When father came home he found his little man with suspiciously red eyes; "Hallo, sonny !" he cried, cheerily. "What's the trouble?" Oh, nothing !" replied "sonny." "But look here, old -chap," said father, .kindly. •'Tell me, I want to know." Freddy's lips quivered as he answered. '''Well, if you must know, I've just been having a row with your wife!" ,

"Is your husband at home?" "Yes. What dae y' want wi' "im?" "I'm—er—revising the voting list, and I just wanted'to inquire which party he belongs to." "Dae y'? Weel, I'm the pairty that 'e belangs tae."