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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 378, 6 August 1903, Page 7

Gv«. fltaat'^'t';. : '" ; was expecting someone from & new** paper to ( I pointed hour had arrived, ao I w«ni in readiness to the especial workroom ; where I prefer to have this sort 6t operation conducted. But in passing, ? through the hall it ocoured to m« to* ' tbkc a look at the weather, so. I opftr.ed the front door. 'Th©»e on the top stood a lady { it was pouring with rain. ■' :■:.-:. ' Thought r,«The expected scribe*' - So, with appropriate cordiality, T " exclaimed : Oh, come "it's suoh a wet morning. Go in there, please—yes, .that, door. Do nijt down ! Hcpe you're comfortable?' ' Then, without giving her time to / get in a word, 1 proceeded to unfold my career—no, not < career'; it ia only a woman, I believe, who if . . entitled to a career—l proceeded to tell her my life story. |,~. 'lt struck me that she looked a bit surprised, then decidedly puzzled} * but disregarding these signs of disquietude, I went ahead, adding more c ' c and more thrilling details to my discourse, until, with evident terror of '-' her host, whom she appeared to take*' for a madman, she sprang from her seat and made hastily for the ball, murmuring, 'So many thanks for kindly shelter.' , .