PECULIAR PEOPLE.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 24 February 1916, Page 2

PECULIAR PEOPLE.

A College professor, noted for his woolgathering fits of abstraction, sat down at table in a large city hotel, and when his dinner was served he gravely peppered his tea, put sugar on his beefsteak, and salted a baked apple until it was white.

Many people have carried away hotel napkins without intending to do so ; but it was left to a learned judge to discover on reaching home after dining with some friends that he had in his pocket not only_ a very fine napkin belonging to his hostess but also a solid silver oyster fork. When questioned by his wife as to how this had happened, all he could say was : " I give it up." " You'd better give it up !" said his wife dryly.

But what shall we say of an erratic and querulous neighbour who couldn't get his cook to boil his breakfast eggs to suit him, and so went to the kitchen himself to cook them. Two and a half minutes in boiling water was his rule; so out came the watch to time them. But he soon found himself looking intently at one of the eggs in his hand; the other two eggs and the watch were in the bubbling water.