A MEAN MAN.

NZ Truth, Issue 136, 25 January 1908, Page 6

A MEAN MAN.

Christchurch has the Champion. They aro telling a good story m Ohristohuroh just now about a-cham-pion mean n*an. This particular class of person permeates the universe, and a fresh specimen of him ■ is being unearthed with refreshing regularity. > The Christchurch gentleman may not te so mean as most of them, but still his case must itoe placed on record. Hie was one of a party of four who engaged a tabic for a gamie of billiards one day, it being understood tlfat there were to he drinks on the game. The mean cove and his partner lost, and then the I two latter tossed up to see who should pay the score. The mean bloke had' to face the marker and tbe bar as a result. . Three threepenny beers were called for, one of thc party asking for a whisky, which nipant threepence extra. Well, it was paid, but the responsible person handed it over with a wry face. However, HE GOT EVEN ALL RIGHT. Going along to the shop of the whis-

ky fancier, he ordered a bob tin of tobacco and put down ninepence therefor. "Here, what's this?" asked the counter-jumper. "Oh, that all right," replied the billiard-playing, beer-chew-ing customer, "You remember having a whisky at the pub ; well, the missing threepence will make it square." It was a novel scheme ,m finance and rather tickled the shop-keeper, -who said as he pulled down his vest that he might as well take the other ninepence, as it migiht be the foundation of a millionaire-ship.