Odds and Ends.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42790, 12 October 1905, Page 4

Odds and Ends.

She Succeeded—Landlady: ‘ll e» lieve in letting coffee boil for cO minutes. ThatY the only way to get the goodness out of it.’ New Boarder (turning away and leaving his) : ‘ You have succeeded admirably, ma’am.’ Hard on Auntie.— Enfant Terrible i ‘ And did they go into the ark two by two?’ \ Mamma: ‘ Yes, dearest.’ Enfant Terrible : ‘ Well, who went with auntie ?’ Typewriters. First _ Typewriter Girl: “ Are you typewriting for old Briefs any more ? ” i Second Typewriter Girl : “ No./ He had some papers to make out about'a ‘ partition suit ’ one day last week, and just because I asked him if it was anything like a divided skirt he got mad and fired me. I don’t care, though;» I’m going to get married as soon as Willie gets his salary raised.” The Logical Irishman, —An Irishman found a sovereign in the street, which proved to be light, and be could only obtain 19s 3d for it. Soon after, chance threw ano her in hisj May, but Pat exclaimed— , * ‘By the powers, I’ll have nothing to do with you, for I lost 9d by the last one I found.’ That Too Treacherous Memory,—* He entered the breakfast-room with a letter in his hand, and his facp suffutei wtih shame and confusion, My dear, he said hesitatingly* Well ? snapped his dear. v I — l’m very sorry, but You usually are sorry about some* thing, and with good cause, What a the matter now ? This letter to your mother; you gave it to me to post about ten days ago, and—and—lYou’ve forgotton to post it. Well, calmly, we must make the best of it I suppose. That letter was to ask dearest mother to postpone her 1 visit this year. But since you’ve forgptten to post it, I expect she’ll be here during the morning. Ten minutes later the frantic man might have been dimly discerned in the back yard administering unto himself a sound kicking. What a chump ! - what a dashed idiot! he groaned, I thought it was to ask the old cat to come.