Love's Labour Lost.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 573, 22 January 1876, Page 2 (Supplement)

Love's Labour Lost.

The Toronto Ohle tells a comical story with a denouement suggestive of one of the complications in 'Love's Labour Lost.' A good-lookingservant-girl, of Winnipeg, had it appears, three beaux to her string— viz: a military man, a policeman, and an ordinary white man. She had arranged matters so that separate evenings were set aside for each of the ardent young suitors, and three distinct courses of love ran quite smooth, despite the proverb. Une unlucky evening however, all three suitors chanced to drop in one after anothe*. An interval of very desultory talk and awkward pauses, was terminated by the j.attering of a female foot descending the scairs. ' Here's missus,' exclaimed the girl, as sha hastily snatched some intricate woolly substance full of long neodles, aud was instantly intently engaged knitting, while the three gentlemen bolted into three several adjoining rooms, and all was supposed to be well. But ' the missus ' happened to want something in the room where the ordinary citizen was, and >>he encountered Mr. Citi/en right there. 'What are you doing here? what do you mejn by being in this room ?' indignantly inquired the missus, and she euporadded the threat, ' I'll send for the police.' Mr. Citizen, calmly pointing to another door, remarked, 'if you want the police, he is in there.' ihe missus flew to the other door, found the policeman and poured out the Becond vial of wrath upon him, thus : ' You're a nice policeman, amt you ? What do you mean by this conduct? I declare I will send for the military.' ' Madam,' retorted the policeman, ' nothing is easier; ' if you want the military, you will find him in there,' pointing to the third door. Military didn't wait to be unearthed ; he promptly came forth and saluted. There was a slight scream and a pattering of the famale ascending foot on the kitchen stairway I he three suitors < arne away without the usual attendant ceremonies at the gate, and were discovered shortly after sticking their three noses into three cocktail glasses, and wondering how it would turn out.