A Pert Retort.
This story is told of a matter of Trinity College in days long gone by who had a. partiality for figs. He held chat there was a supreme moment iv the existence of a fig when it should be eaten— not a minute before or a minute after — and he watched over his fig trea with tenderness and devotion. It was a mild year, and the sun had done his best in the perfecting process, and hoping to eDJoy bis favourite fruit on the morrow, the matter wrapped a piece of silver paper about it, leaving it labelled " The Master's Fig." What a mote than foolish thing to do with a few hu ndred " undergrads " about ! The auspicious day dawned ; the master, looking at his watch for the last time, walked confidently across the quad. But imagine his dismay on finding bis precious tit-bib gone, and on the now empty picket the lsibal " A Fig for the Master."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2179, 28 November 1895, Page 55
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161A Pert Retort. Otago Witness, Issue 2179, 28 November 1895, Page 55
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