ALL SPOILED.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10298, 1 November 1911, Page 2

ALL SPOILED.

The clerks of a certain office are telling a good talo about their cashier. It is said that, requiring somo further supplies of stamps for circular posting, the office boy applied to the cashier for money with which to procure thcrn. "Whatl more stamps?" remarked the_ cashier, evidently astonished. "Why, you had over two pounds for stamps yesterday. Where are they?" " Every one of them is spoiled," replied the lad.

Nothing more was said at tho time; the cashier advanced the necessary amount, and the stamps wero procured. Later on In the day, however, tho boy received a pressing invitation from the manager; who, as soon as ho got inside the room, in an evidently vexed tone, said:

"John, tho cashier tells me that the two pounds' worth of stamps you had yesterday are all spoiled. Is it so?" "Yes, sir." " Then who is responsible? How was it done, and who did it P" " If you please, sir," meekly remarked tho boy, "the post office people have spoiled them all with postmarks."