Tanght Bim a Lesson.

Otago Witness, Issue 2666, 19 April 1905, Page 82

Tanght Bim a Lesson.

A young fellow who had got into the habit of spending all his evenings away from home was brought to his senses in the following way : —

One afternoon his father came to him and asked him if he had any engagement for the evening. The young man had not. " Well, I'd like you to go somewhere vith me." The young man himself tells what happened. '"'All right,' I said. 'Where shall I go"He suggested the Columbia Hotel at 7.30, and I was there. When he appeared h-> said he wanted me to call with him on a lady. 'One I knew quite well when I was a young man,' he explained. " Wo went out, and started straight for

" ' She is staying at our house.' he said". '" I thought it strange that he should have made the appointment for the Columbia under those circumstances, but I said nothing

" Well, we went in, and I was introduced with all due formality to my mother and sister.

'" The situation struck me as funny, and I started to laugh, but the laugh died away. None of the three even smiled. My mother and sister -shoot hands with me, and my mother said she remembered me as a boy, but hadn't seen much of me lately. Then she invited mi to be seated.

"It wa ?n'fc a bis funny then, although I can laugh over it now. I sat down, and she told me one or two anecdotes of my boyhood at which we all laughed for a little. Then we four played games fov a while. When I finally retired I was invited to call again. I went upstairs feeling prcttv small, and doing a good deal of thinking-."'

" And then?"

asked his companion

" Then I made up my mind that rr>y mother was an entertaining woman and my fcister a, bright girl

" I'm going to call again. I enjoy their company, pnd intend to cultivate their acquaintance."