A MISUNDERSTANDING.

Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 164, 23 September 1892, Page 8

A MISUNDERSTANDING.

A Devonshire clergyman who had been absent for a short time from his country living, returned to hear that one of his parishioners had lost a brother, and that by the death of deceased this old man had benefiited somewhat largely from a pecuniary point of view : meeting the farmer one clay, he therefore stopped to say a few words with him, and to offer a little consolation, ‘ I ahi so grieved to know of your poor brother’s d.-pith !’ he commenced. « What a short ilk ; was, to be sure ! ’ ‘ ’E’s fa pa’son,’ responded the old man in lane nting s lie feigned to mop immpua:' - Y-m o- - : ‘ r 4 dmrn !; e th- irf- - • ’' " -a c ?U le 10 th’ pa’3oll, gi’iu’ ■•Aii ■ v 3 ..-v-h ' Lave been c;. : > !co se hi you see, I was in London ;«i. a : ... Ton may imagine how startled 1 was on my return when I heard of tin? bereavement you had had.’ Scarcely had the clergyman uttered these words with great feeling, when a peculiarly happy smile broke out on his companion’s face. ‘ Pa’son ! ’ cried tlm farmer, eagerly, as he laid a hand upon the broadcloth, sleeve, • you’ve bin surnmut misinformed, I’m thinkin’. It worn’t a bereavement, I assure ’e, as fell to my share, sir ; ’twus Bicklcy farm, wi’ outhouses, hayricks, an’ the south park meadow !