ROUGH ON THE LODGER.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8083, 22 September 1894, Page 1

ROUGH ON THE LODGER.

A landlady, who, liko Mrs Bardoll, oked out a scanty incomo by letting apartments to single gentlemen, entered a shop and asked Mr Butcher the price of a piece of tho best end of a neck of mutton, from which thoso succulent mor* sels called " cutlets " are generally sliced, 11 Elevenpence a pound, ma'am." u Elevenpence ! That's very dear. 1 ' "So it may bo," replied the butcher I " but if you tako tho whole nock you can have it for 7d a pound." " What does it weigh V enquired the lady. Tho obliging butcher placed tho meat in the scale, and informed his customer that it weighed 101b. and at 7d per lb ib would amount to Gs lOd. " Now, Mr Butcher, would you just mind putting your knife through there, and weighing that piece for mo?" " Oh, certainly, ma'am : it woigha jusb 01b." "Thank you very much. Now, will you kindly book that to my lodger ab lid, which will be 5s 6d, and then if I give you 4d and tako tho other 4lb myself it will bo right, won't it ?" and sho smilingly toddled away with 41b, which cost her Id a pound, whilo Mr Butcher stood gazing silently at tho coiling trying o discover how it wai done.