HIS HOPES DASHED.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 96, 15 October 1915, Page 1 (Supplement)

HIS HOPES DASHED.

He was a gallant Post Office clerk, and business for the moment was slack. Presently, to his joy, there entered ? beautiful young lady. "What can I do for your'" lie asked, with unusual affability. "I want a penny stamp," said his customer. "And w.ould you mind weighing this letter for me, as I'm afraid it may be a little too heavy." Mind? The very reverse. He was delighted, and chatted glibly about the weather while he executed her order. Ho even volunteered to lick and affix the stamp for her—a courtesy wfticfl she accepted with a dainty blush. Just as he was laying the stamp carefully on the precious envelope, however, she stopped him. "Put it upside-down," she requested. "Why?" he asked. "Oh," she replied, "that means something to Charlie!" And the clerk's interest vanished as the clouds of monotony once more gathered on his horizon. HERO WORSHIP UP-TO-DATE. " My husband has all the virtues but one," remarked the wife of a struggling voung doctor. "What is that?" asked her sympathetic friend. "Patients," replied the young; wife."