In Passing

Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 272, 20 November 1934, Page 2

In Passing

THE GOOD DEED. It lay gasping on the beach, a shark or a porpoise—-which? They were tender-hearted ladies, and as they passed remarked sympathetically on the poor thing’s plight. Returning a little later, they found two other ladies expressing their sympathy in a practical manner by dragging the fish back into tho water by its feebly-flapping tail. Immediately the first pair sprang to their assistance, and completed the task, glowing with modest pride on having accomplished their day’s good deed. The sequel, however, was rather an anti-climax. The fisherman, who had been enjoying tea after his hard day’s work, returned to tho beach to survey tho only catch that had compensated his labours. Alas, tho shark or the porpoise was nowhere to bo seen, and inquiries made the ladies glow this time with embarrassamont, and vow to be wary before doing another good deed!