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New Zealand Mail, Issue 810, 9 September 1887, Page 12

Talking about busy men, who leave their homes early and get back after dark, and never see their children, a man of that sort was hurrying away one morning when he found that his little boy had got up before him and was playing on the sidewalk. He told the child to go in. Child wouldn’t. Man spanked him and went to business. Child went in howling. Tho mother said, “ What is the matter ? ” “ Man hit me,” blubbered the youngster. “What man?” “ That man that stays here on Sundays.” A young lady sued for damages in a case of breach of promise of marriage. She was offered £2OO to heal her breaking heart. “Two hundred !” she exclaimed ; “ £2OO for ruined hopes, a blighted life ! Two hundred pounds for all this ! ! No—never 1 Make it £250 and it’s a bargain !” “ And now, my dear General, come and sit by me and tell me all the scandal that’s happened while I’ve been away.” “ Well, really, Mrs Mallecho, er—you see—er—the fact is, that while you’ve been away there has been no scandal!”