SHORT STORIES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2169, 28 August 1920, Page 4

SHORT STORIES.

Two Englishmen were walking aeross a field in a remote district of \meriea. Suddenly a Lull appeared, and charged at them. One man eiimbed a tree, the other went down into a large hole. The bull galloped past, and tin* man in the lode a.L once appeared and startl'd running for all he was worth. The bull lariii‘d, and the unfortunate man at once ran hack to (lie hole. Again (he hull passed, again the man appeared, ran, raid was turned hack by the bull.

Tin’s happened several limes, and it last his friend in the tree cried ml I o him :

“Why don't you slay down in flint hole, there's a bull in the field!” “1 know." replied the other. “But iliere is a bear down in this hole!”

A Londoner who was staying in Scotland for a little while recently, had need of legal assistance. So he went up to.a sensible-looking man in the street and began : “Ranlon me, sir, but you are a ■Tsidont of (bis town ’ ” .“’Weel,” was the cautious reply, ‘A've leeved here a mailer o’ fifty rears.” “Alt, (hen, perhaps you can help >ie,” went on the visitor, “I'm ,mking for a criminal lawyer. Have von one in (his town ?” file Scotsman dropped in's voice ■ o a confidential whisper, as lie an - swered: "We biv: but we liiniia been able to prove it against him yet. He’s ower shairp." A song composer appeared in the .dime of his publisher one morning, a,ml with calm assurance laid upon the publisher's desk a checpic. for Hid.

“You can desirin’ that,” he told he publisher, “and draw one for .’JOO, please." “What's (he mailer!” line pubisher exclaimed, in bis bewihV-r-

nent. “That's your royalties lo bite on ymir last son;;;.” “Oh. m>, j( i.-,a' l ! I want a cheque for .C 100.” “Do you insinuate that thi- firm is actually resorting to ”

“1 insinuate nothing. ! make a i;ap!e statement. ■ i want ,Clo'> in •ova!ties instead of .COO, For the first time in my life 1 can be posibve as jo the amount. I married ■.our book-keeper yesterday.”

Father objected lo bis daughter's nvain, a fact of which The young man was well aware. But the hire d‘ love Is strong, and the young .vuer often braved the wrath of the lather for the sake of the dangh-

tor’s smile. - One evening the old man found' .he young fellow in the hall when lie returned from the club, :md promptly and efficiently hastened his depart are. “Oh, dad,” wailed (lie fair Hhyi:is. as father limped into the sit lingroom, “1 hope you haven't hurt Arthur!"

“Hurl him!" growled father, as he sank into a. chair ami nursed his right foot. “No, 1 haven't hurl him! But if he comes here again with bricks in his coal-tail pockets I’ll kill him!”