He met His match.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1920, 25 October 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)

He met His match.

A COTE LITXIiE CUSTOMEB WHO ALMOST PAEALTZED A BABBER. Oor frio.il Wilkim has a little 5-ye»r-old diu»hKr by whom has been vanquished one of LowuTs moat accomplished linguists it i <; sc one of Lowell's most stilled tousonal artists. She was taken down to have her hair cut the other day and opened fire upon the officiating barber with hia own ammunition in the manner following, to-wit : "Oopitty well to-day?" " Yes, little girl, I'm pretty well." " Oo mamma well ?" " Yes, my mother's pretty well." (Snip.) " Oo papa well ?" " Yes, pretty well." (Snip, snip.) " Oo dress yourself ?" " Oh, yes, I dre3S myself." (Snip.) 11 Oo wash oo own face ?" "Eh ? Oh, yes, of course." (Gouge.) " Oo fix oo own hair ?" " Yes, yes." (Snip, snip, snip— rapidly.) " Oo sew Sundays ?" " Why, no, I don't sew Sundays." (Pause). " Oo sit right down and read ?" " Yes." (Snip, snip, snip— nervously). " Can oo read ?" " Yes." (Nearly takes off one ear). " Oo been to school ?" " Well, yes— some time ago." (Snip, snip). "Is oe, a man?" " Ye- cs." (Thinks some of infanticide). " Does oo mamma let oo smoke ?" 11 Sometimes." (Tries to control a cowlick) . " When ?" "When she doesn't know it." (Snip). " When don't she know it ?" " When she isn't looking." (Tries to smile). " Is oo all through ?" " Yes ; all through." (Believed). " Goo-by ! I'll come again sometime— wont I?" "Do 1" (Sinks exhausted). And the little bud of promise toddled out of the door without the baffled barber having asked her if she wouldn't have a sea-foam or a bottle of hair tonic. — Lowell Citizen.