Took it Calmly.
A well koown nu mber of tho bar, despite his forensic powers, is ono of the most phlegmafcio of men. He never allowa himßolf to get a»gry. His wife, on the other h»ud, in as oxoit&ble aud quarrdsurae a 9 he ia calm and placid. O«e day hin wife cauio home and raw with horror th*t a branch of her favourite flower was broken. She proeeoded at once to abu c e the servant, *cou»iog feor of it. Tho serv&ut said that she knew sotLiog about it. One word brought on auother. Finally the servant gave her mistress to ui£clersti\nd that she (the servant) was going to leavs at the end of the mouth. To this Mrs X retorted thai fche nhould pack her things and learo at onoo. Finally, after a good deal more conversation of the same sort, the servant left the room. All this time tho barrister oat on the sofa quietly smoking bis pipo. "I wouldn't excite niyaelf so, my dear," he remarked, blowing out a csoud of Brnoke. " So you tbikk I should j-ut up with tho impudence of tbat thing, who broke my flower all to pieces ? " sho rwlorted. " But she cidu't touch your flower-pot. I am the guilty parly." " You did it P " she gasped. " Why didn't you say so when I was accusing the aarvatitgirl?" "Because," said the future judge lazily, " I wanted to see which of you'd have the last word."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2170, 26 September 1895, Page 49
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243Took it Calmly. Otago Witness, Issue 2170, 26 September 1895, Page 49
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