Barely Met With.
A good story is told of a certain noble lord, who held a high position in an important Government office. Passing a clerks' room during official hours, he was surprised to hear a metallic clinking from within, accompanied by shouts of laughter. Entering suddenly, he found six junior clerks in the midst of an improvised game of pitching coppers into pewter pots. Looking very severe, he asked sternly whether the head ef the room were absent. , ■■-, "Yes, my lord," was the Bhame-faced reply of the unhappy culprits, who anticipated a severe " wigging/ at least. " Well, gentlemen, J haven't time just now» or I should very much like to join you." And with a kindly smile he was gone.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2058, 3 August 1893, Page 50
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121Barely Met With. Otago Witness, Issue 2058, 3 August 1893, Page 50
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