She took no Risks Herself.

Otago Witness, Issue 1582, 18 March 1882, Page 29

She took no Risks Herself.

'Have ye any gud piannies?' she asked, as she stepped into a piano wareroom on East Fourteenth street the other day, displaying a prosperous-looking pocket-book. 'I want one for me datter, who is comin' home from the semetary wid a finished edication.' 'What style of instrument do you prefer?' said the clerk, displaying an upright. 'This piano is the double-patent-quadruple-sfcriking-board-never-sfcay-in-tune and celluloid keys.' ' Oh, niver a happerth do I care about the sthoile so long as it's a strong case. Have ye any wid iron cases V •No, ma'am; but all our cases are made extra strong.' 1 How much 'll ye take for that piannie V 1 Four hundred dollars, ma'am/ 1 Po you w\\ on the dlow.pay plan f

1 Yes ; occasionally we sell to reliable purchasers on the instalment plan. The instalment on this piano would be 15 dols a month.' ' Will ye throw in a coyer and a shtuie ?' 'Hardly fair to ask it, ma'am; but we'll throw in these articles this time.' ' An' a buk of music V ' Yes ; we won't be mean about it.' 'Now, if yell insure the piannie I'll take it.' ' Well, really, ma'am, the purchaser usually insures the instrument ; but, to close the bargain, we'll insure this piano, and agree to take all risks.' ' Ye see, betwane me and you,' said she, after she had made her mark on the necessary papers and deposited the first instalment receipt in her bosom, 'I'm glad to feel aisy about the insurance, as I want to get the better of the ole man, who took an oath that if I brought 'a piannie into the house, he'd smash it up wid an ax. An' faith, he's the bi to do it the next time he gets dhrunk !' , ,