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Manawatu Herald, 18 August 1898, Page 4

HOW THE CONCERT ENDED. P*l>tain Thomas* Opinion— A Cat-chin* Lit* tlo Talf of Altaic and Mousing. '•Miss Whitcear 1b the beat singer I have ever heard," said Lmly Tabitha. "Do you Cot think so, my dear?" " J do not quite agree with you," replied Mr?. Mousor. "Miss Whiteear sings very •WL'll, but 1 faucy th.it in her hist song she ■was a littlo out of tuuo. Do you not think so, Captain Thomas?" "I Hid not notice it, " answered tho captain, "but I win listen very carefully whiJo Miss Whiteear sings the next song, *nd then I shall bo able to tell you." CAPTAIN THOMAS PCT UP HIS EYEGLASS. Then Captain Thomas put up hi.s eyeglass and stood up at tho back of tho box and listened very attentively. But just as Miss Whiteear was in the middle of the first verso a poor littlo mouso ran across the platform in front of her. At once Miss Whitoear stopped singing and sprang at the mouso. This so excited Captain Thomas that ho jumped our, of the box and tried to assist Miss Whiteear to catch it. But they were not quick enough, and the mouse got back to his hole, where they could not catch him. Miss Whiteear was too tired with the hunt to go on singing, and so the concert camo to a sudden end. "Next time," said the captain, "I will take caro to catch that mouse." "But how about Miss WhiteearP" asked Lady Tabitha. "Shesingswell enough, " answered Captain Thomas, "but she ought certainly to take lessons in moose catching." The Monkeys and the Oyster. Two hungry monkeys were once journeying along the seashore when they came across a fine large oyster. "This belongs to me, " said one monkey, quickly picking it up. "Oh, no, my friend," replied the other. "It is really mine, for I saw it before you did." Thoy then began to quarrel and fight about it when a fox happened to pass that way. "Shame upon you both," said reynard. "Why are you thus trying to kill OE9 another? Let me know what is the r"~inattOT." Tho monkeys thereupon ceased their fighting nnd begged the fox to decide the case, whL)h ho at once agreed to do. i "I munt first find out," said the fox, breaking open the oyster, "whether there Tbe any meat inside." When ho had satisfied himself on this point, he seated himself upon a big stone and tried to look as wiso as possible. He then took up ono of the shells, and presenting it to tho monkey on his right hand he said gravely, "This portion rightly t>elongs to you for seeing the oyster first," and taking up tho other shell he gavo it to the monkey on his loft hand, saying, "This belongs to you, of course, for you had the good fortune to pick it up." Then, before they were awaro of what he was doing, he swallowed the whole of the oyster, and in tho next moment remarked, "I dare say you know that a judgo earns his living 1b the same way as other folk, so the inside was due to me for deciding your difficult case." Tho moral of this littlo fable can be safely left to tho intelligence of young folks, with the single remark that disputes abound in this world. How to Ditmionnt From a Bicycle. The best way to dismount from a safety When traveling fast is by the backward motion, and not by the pedal, as is usually done. Thus, when the left band pedal Is Vising, the body should be raised in the ■addle and the weight thrown onto the pedal, at the same time slipping off the ftaok of the saddle, meeting the ground with the right foot. Of course the left foot Will quickly follow; then, letting the machine run at arm's length and holding onto the saddle, a run of a few yards, according to pace, will quickly bring both rider and machine to a standstill With a littlo practice, a dismount can be safely aooompllshed in this way when traveling at Ihe rate of 15 miles an hour and even faafc- », according to Golden Days. "Please, M*y I Come Outf "Oh, please may I corns out? I know that I've been very bad. J spilt the ink, And, only think, I never told a «oul I had! «niuflm|flft Nil "Then what do you think I did? I took my little sister's dolL I slapped the catJust think of that 1 And lost my mother's parasol. y **But now I really will be good. I will indeed, without a doubt. : Hurrah, hurrah! How good you are I " Hjr dearest mommy 'a let me oil!"