SITTING DOWN ON HIM.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1728, 5 July 1884, Page 4

SITTING DOWN ON HIM.

' I don't altogether like this young man Millikin, who comes to see you so often; I hear he is nothing more than a poor dry goods clerk,' is what the head of the family said to his daughter one day at the dinner table. ' He is a very nice young gentleman' replied the daughter; ' besides he is something iiioru than a dry goods clerk. He gets v. lai'jje salary and is manager of one of ! - ii'ii-iliiiimts, and expects some ■.....■• an intiTcsr- in the business. . :, • ■ ii>: inny, litit lie strikes me as ti very flippant impertinent person,' responded the old man,' and in my

opinion ho ought to bo sot upon. 1 Well, I bavo invited him to take tea with us this evening,' said the daughter, ' and I hope you will treat him politely at least. You will find him a very different person from what you supposed him to be.' ' Oh, I'll treat him politely enough,' ho said, That same evening Mr Millikin appeared at supper, and made a most favorable impression upon the old gentleman. 1 He is a clever j'oung fellow after all/ he thought, 'I have done Mm an injustice.' It was just then that Bobby spoke out. Bobby was a well-meaning little boy. but too talkative. 'Papa,' he ventured,' you know what you said to-day at dinner about Mr Millkin: that he was an impertinent young man and ought to be sat down upon—' • Silence, sir!' shouted the father, swallowing a mouthful of hot potato, But the little boy wouldn't silence. ' It's all right,' he continued confidentially, but in a whisper look enough to be heard out of doors, 'he has been sat down upon. Sister sat down on him last night for two hours.' After this the supper went on more quietly, owing to Bobby's sudden and very jerky departure.