Answered the Deputation.

Otago Witness, Issue 2761, 13 February 1907, Page 89

Answered the Deputation.

A. Yorkshireman who had risen to wealth from the rank of a mill-hand was waited upon by a polite deputation with the object of soliciting a subscription for the enclosure of the cemetery by means ol a wall. The Yorkehireman was of a benevolent turn when the object seemed to commend itself; but in this case the errand of the collectors was unpropitious, as will be seen by the following conversation: ""Is itr Rowbottom at home?" was the bland inquiry of the deputation of the good wife who opened the door. "Aye, he is at whoam; he's cleanin' his^en upstaira. Bill, here's two blokes wants to sitthee."

"Ax urn what they want, las-?" came a voice from abo\e etairs.

After a brief explanation the object was stated in the raucous tones of the lady from below : "They's arter some o' thy bras?, laad." "Ah, I'll cooni dahn when I'\e gotten jni clothes on." Th« weight of the portly proprietor soon caused the staircase to groan, and he presented himself before hia visitors. "Ye want some brass, do 'cc? 5*5 *

"Well, you must have observed the unprotected condition of the cemetery, and .we are wi«hful to raise a fund for an enclosure in the shape of a substantial wail."

"Ye doan't get nowt out o' me— 'cos them as is theer cannot get out, and them as is outside doan't want to get in." S.vit polite deputation.