WHY HE LEFT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2605, 23 March 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)

WHY HE LEFT.

No one could tell why young Masher, the bank clerk, was exiled to an oasis on the northorn plains, and no one would know it now if ho had not himself divulged the reason. This is his account of the mutter:—"lt all arose out of an unfortunate pair of bags. You know what an old swell Underdraft, tho manager, is P Well, ono morning when I turned up at the oifice in a new pair of a rather remarkable puttern, I irss surprised and annoyed to see that Underdraft had a pair precisely the same. I was his confidential clerk, and had to be in and out of his room frequently. Hβ was short and snappish to me all day, and I could nee quite plainly ho was annoyed at my dressing liko him. So the next morning 1 left them off and went in nnother pair, and I found that Undordraft had dono the same thing. At the end of a couple of months I thought I could wear the confounded bagu again, for it doesn't do for a bank clerk to lie out of thirty shillings' worth of clothing. But by ill luck old Underdraft selected the same day to reappear in his, and if he was cross before he was savage now. When I got home I looked the situation in the face and came to the conclusion that it was better to sacrifice the bags I had only worn twice than incur the everlasting animosity of the chief. I accordingly sent the things to bo dyed, and actually longed for tho day to come when I could wear them in their changed form, so that Underdraft might know that he could wear his in peace. I got them homo and found that even in their change they were remarkable. I put them on, went to the office, nnd to my horror saw Underdraft with his pair dyed precisely the same. As a matter of fiic-t we had each sent ours to the same mnn, and they had been given the eume dip. The next day I got orders to come to thin wretched, holo, and here I am likely to stay."—" AtticuH."