WHY HE DIDN'T RECOGNISE THE CLOCK.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1496, 29 September 1883, Page 2

WHY HE DIDN'T RECOGNISE THE CLOCK.

Dr Lyuian Bee'cher was frequently absent-minded. On one occasion, after an evening's service, ho started for homo in a brown study. The houses in' his block were of the same pattern. Ho entered the wrong door. The house he mistook for his own was occupied by a well known hatter by the name of Rhoades, a Unitarian. The doctor put his hat oii the slaud in the hall, went into the back parlour, where Mrs Bhoades and her family were gathered, drew a chair to the fire, put his feet to warm on the. mantel over the grate, tipping back his chair and his head-simply thinking. Just then lie happened to notice a French clock uuder glass upon the mantle, and exclaimed;

Wife, where in the world did you get that clock 1" No answer. 'No one could answer, for they were ready to burst with merriment nt their neighbor's absence of mind. •

" I say, wife, where did you get that clock 1} Mrs R, was a lady. Putting her hand gently on his shoulder, in the sweetest tone she said:

" Dr Beecher, you have made a mistake and got into the wrong house." He cast a quick glaiue around upon the family circle, sprang from his chair, and with a bound was out of the house without a word of explanation or excuse,

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To TH4 Em'Olt.

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