A Lesson.
Some time ago a tourist stepped into a postaltelegraph office in a country district, and going up to the count«r wrote an address on a letter. He was about to leave when he caught sight of a lady in charge, and, lifting his hat, he bowed politely to her. But the lady had lofty idess of her official position, and thus addrecsed the departing gentleman : " I mast cay We a prebfcy piece of impertinence to come to this office simply to scribble an addres?." The intruder courteously responded, saying that he had hoped luch a thing might be permitted in extraordinary circumstances, but that if no person was to be admitted for such a purpose he was quite prepared to send a telegram. He thin proceeded to 811 y® * %> m t * n "
I bandod it over to the lady, it being filled up ; in tho following manner: "Tho lady clerk at this office wantonly ignores every rule of civility." Tho lady was 6truck dumb when sho read the message, which wao addressed to the secretary of th« general post cilice, and boro a well-known name. The gentleman observed her extreme confusion and, relenting, quietly said : " 1 don'b think I'll trouble you to send that telegram jmlesa you particularly wish ; but I will express tho hope that you will be a little more careful as to your language in the future."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2171, 3 October 1895, Page 49
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232A Lesson. Otago Witness, Issue 2171, 3 October 1895, Page 49
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