PRESENCE OF MIND.
There is nothing like presence of mind, after all. The other day, during a sudden thunder shower, a gentleman got on a tramcar with a splendid ivory-handled silk umbrella, which he stood between his knees. Another gentleman in the "same seat, who was mourninj? the untimely loss of a suspiciously similar umbrella, reached over and said : — ' Will you allow me to look at that V 'Certainly,' romavked the umbrella carrier, * I was iust taking; it to tho polico headquarters. It was left in mv house last night by a burglar that we frightened off. I hope it may prove a firpfc-rate clue.' I And though tho oxasperated owner could plainly pee where his name had been [ scratched off the handle, he safe down again 1 and looked vacantly out in tho cold, damp I gloaming.
2£n yoa vranl a man to think you are smart, you hnvo only to make him think he in smart.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 431, 25 December 1889, Page 6
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158PRESENCE OF MIND. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 431, 25 December 1889, Page 6
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