EDITOR'S WALLET.

Otago Witness, Issue 2170, 26 September 1895, Page 49

EDITOR'S WALLET.

His Lordsliip's Gaiters. A genial old Fcottiph bishop ufod to tell the foll"wing story ?bout himself '• Accompanied by his wife, he ence visited Edinburgh for the purpoee of taking part in a conference upon f< mo ecclesiastical matt- rs ; and driving from their lodging? to the place of meeting one d»y, he found that he had forgotten Eowe meuaorauda he required in support of some Btatemeiits he int< ndtd to make. Being unwilling to return himself, ho requested his good lady to drive back for the documents, while he wo Id step about the Mound awaitii g her return. The Mound, at that time, was a favourite place for Punch and Judy shows and other outride c xhibitions. In a short, tiire, much to his surprise and somewhat bo bis annoyance, he saw himself being surrounded by an expectant-locking crowd of urrhiiw. He could nob imagine what they were looking at, until one, a little bo'.der than the other?, slipped forward and propounded the query : " I say, mannie, whan's the tammliu' gaun tae begin ? " The youngsters bad tever seen a bishop in walking costume be f ere, tnd thought the smallclothes must be eouni-cted with an acrobatic performance of tome sort.