EDITOR'S WALLET.

Otago Witness, Issue 2856, 9 December 1908, Page 88

EDITOR'S WALLET.

A Certain Buyer. The poet sat in the sanctum of the editor of " V.0.5." awaiting an audience with that august personage. At length the editor looked up. "The poem I submitted last week — — " said the poet. The editor took the manuscript from a pigeonhole in his deck, and handed it to its author, eaying, "I am very sorry, my dear sir, that your contribution is not exactly suited to the needs of 'V.O.S.' Its declination," he continued, unconsciously adopting the language of his rejection slip, "must not be understood as implying any lack of merit. In fact" — and here the editor again became the man — "while the poem is not available for our use, 1 know a man who would accept it. He wouldn't pay much, to be sure, but " "Anything will be acceptable," said the poef. "Unfortunately my muee is dying of starvation, and nerdt> bread. What is the name of the man?" "'I do not know his name," said the editor. "All I know is that he come* here once a week to take away our waate-paper." Conjugal Bliss in 1950. "My love," mentioned Mr Sufferer-Gette, "I ■wonder — wonder whether you would let me have the use of my latch-key this week?" "Latch-key" bellowed his wife. "What the Uazos 010 you want with a latch-key, my good man?" "Well, my love," coughed Mr SufferorGettc, "we are holding a series of fathers' foregathering^ in the mission hall this weok. whon we hope to do a little needlework on behalf of the parish poor. Mifcs Xancy ha 6 kindly consented to come and talk to us about her recent Farthest Nortii trip, and " "Great heavens!" roared the irate wife, banging her pipe upon the table to emphaeiee her words. "Don't you know your duty is at' homo? Besides, on Monday I've got to attend the Women's Emancipation League ; Tuesday, the Sisters of Charity meeting; Wednesday, the local policewomen s concert ; Thursday, the Daughters of Toil lecture; Friday, the Women* Science- Research claw; and on Saturday our football club's smoker. NoWj don't you forget — your duty is at home !" And so it came to pase. — Rehoboth SunJay Herald.