BRIEF AND POINTED.
The pride of visitors who go to the Houses of Parliament is to see the member from their own district and hear him make a speech. One man had been observed as a frequent visitor in the gallery of the House. A friend took the seat beside him one day, and warm greetings were exchanged between the two. "Have you seen him?" asked the newcomer. " Yes," was the reply, " I've seen him." . "Have you had the luck to be here when he was talking?" "I took care not to miss anything he might say. I've been here every day for nigh on a week." "I don't blame you. I onl/ wish I had the time. The way. when he gave an address in our district, he woke up the Government was a caution, and then he was only nibbling at questions of the day, just getting the flavour of the social situation previous to stepping in and biting but a chunk or two." " That's the Way I' always looked at him." "I suppose his voice has been ringing out in clarion tones here?" "M'yes," was the doubtful rejoinder. " What did he say?" exclaimed the questioner, eagerly. " I'll bet it was'something brief and tb the point." "So far as I can judge, I tried not to let any of his remarks sret away from me, but I'm afraid that maybe. I wasn't watchful enough. I've only heard him speak five times. Three of them he said 'Hear, hear!' and the other two he said' No.'*
Good Horse, Poor Husband. A gentleman who was trying a horse with a view to making a purchase noticed that after driving the animal three miles;, "he pulled pretty hard, requiring a steady rein and constant watching. "Do you think this is just the horse for a lady to drive?" he asked. "Well," answered the owner, "I must say I shouldn't want to be the husband of the woman who could drive that horse."
The Manager—"l've got a new idea for a melodrama that ought to make a hit." The Writer—- ] What is it?" _ The Manager—- ' The idea is to introduce n rvclone in the first act that will kill all the acton/
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 829, 19 June 1912, Page 8
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370BRIEF AND POINTED. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 829, 19 June 1912, Page 8
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