The Difference.

Otago Witness, Issue 1555, 27 August 1881, Page 27

The Difference.

« I feel to-night,' said a Weßt Taieri lady, who was always at a loss for a word, at a musical party the other evening—' I feel tonight like a— like a— like a—. Dear me, how stupid I am ! Like a—' ' A moraine star,' suggested the husband. 'No, dear; like a—. What are those birds that sing after dark?' 'Mosquitoes.' ' What nonsense you do talk ! Of course not Well, now, how very annoying !'

•Bats.'

' Rubbish ! Dear me, it's extremely Annoying ! What is it I feel like ? I know what it is just as well as anything. Those birds that never sbg exoept at night time.' ' Liughing jackasses.' The latter suggestion of her husband was rejected with scorn, aod she remarked that It was of ne consequence— she would prob* ably think of it by-and-by. About two o'olook the following morning, Fred was dreaming that he was on the top of Maungatna, when it exploded, and he was blown clear into the middle of a Sandwich Island barbecue. Just ss the odour of roatted missionary greeted his nostrils, he was awakened by his wife. •Fred! Fred! 1 • What's the matter»now ?' 'I've got it.' • What ?-the colic 2' ' No, pet j it's the nightingales.' ' Where do you feel them, pet V '0, you stupid! I've got the word I couldn't think of to-night. I feel like a nightingale.' •I'm blessed If I do.' And he turned over and went to sleep. — Altered from the original by R. 8., Woodslde.