HOIST WITH HIS OWN PETARD.

Clutha Leader, Volume XX, Issue 1031, 27 April 1894, Page 3

HOIST WITH HIS OWN PETARD.

The proprietor, of one of the leading firms in Mincing Lane had remarked that his head clerk,, for whom he had a great liking, had for some reason fallen into melancholy, .and, though he tried/ his hest, he could not find out what was the matter with the young man One day at last the sufferer owned, that he was in love. ' Well marry her,' said the chief. ' Oh, but,' here the young man nearly broke down, 'she belongs to one of the Vu-sfc fa mil ies in town— the parents will never consent f . , ' Pooh ! your position is good, your name honourable ; they won't refuse. I will demaud the girl for you. Does she lore you f 1 Yes, but it's no use ; her parents won't listen.' 'Well, then, elope with her. Do/I know the girl ?' ' Yes j she will be at your ball next Tuesday. 7 'Now, listen to me,' said the employer. ' Leave the ball quietly with her. Joseph, my coachman, will wait for you at the door, and drive you to the station. He will ask no questions. When you are out of the way I will see the father and settle everything for you.' 'Is that really your advice V gleefully exclaimed the youth. 'Do you want me to do it V j 'Yes; I command you to do it. Now cheer up.' The next day the clerk proposed the plan to his sweetheart, who made some objections at first, but, overcome by his reasons, she said at last : ' Well, if he really orders it, I must obey.' What was the general stupefaction when, after the ball, the daughter of the housei was missing ! ' Mad fool that I was,' exclaimed the enraged parent - } 'it was my own daughter !'