A PARDONABLE MISTAKE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 105, 7 January 1880, Page 2

A PARDONABLE MISTAKE.

So much has been salil aud written to the eliacreuit of the roielnight ramblers on New Year's eve, that it is :i relief to turn to the other side, and nelale an. incident which is "calculated to raise a luugh In the course of their peregrinations the serenade rs called upon a la', o civic functionary, and deiiunidd largess. This was freely given m the shape, of three bottles of wine, when the cullers took their departure, but before doing so give three hearty cheers for "The old Mayor." . 2*"o\v it. happens that the geo'leinan. so honored is blessed with a servant maid of the Celtic persuasion who four months ago, w.is treading shainyoi-ks .under foot upon the soil of Old Ireland. As all' the, ni-iroj m her pant oi' the couiitry belonged to the fourfooted oriler, and she was ignorant of the recent official position of her master, she innocently imagined that the cheers were intended for the lady of the. house*, and great was her Irish, indignation at the insult put upon her mi stress, which' found vent, m ""Well, bad ce.ss to the iiripudence of -the spalpeens with their oukl mare, indeed." It need not be said that the joke was heartily enjoyed by the couule most interested, but before morning aqme one had let the cat out of the bag," so Bridget upon being taxed witli the misiake, was equal to the occasion, und indignantly repuJiated any m'soouceptiou, asserting ►that "she was not such an omadbawn as to think it was the maotuer, when ay coorse she knew it. was ' the mist uress." I dare say if Bridget had ever heard of the saying about "the grey mare," she might have found another way out of her. hobble..