MONEY NO OBJECT.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XI, Issue 50, 16 December 1893, Page 528

MONEY NO OBJECT.

‘ I want a position,’ he said as he entered the office. * I'm sorry,' said the head of the firm, * but we really have no need of any men at present.’ ■ Oh, that’s all right,' said tbe caller cheerfully. I don’t expect any salary. In fact. I’m willing to pay for the privilege of having employment.’ ‘ What kind of a position do you want !’ asked the merchant in astonishment. ‘ I don’t much care, as long as its one degree higher than the typist and the office boy.’ * Why those two particularly !’ * Mell, you see, it’s just this way,’ explained the caller confidentially. * I'm married and have one child—a boy. Now that boy won't mind me, and his mother just laughs when I try to exert my authority. So I've got desperate, and I thought if I could get a position where the typewriter girl would have to obey me and the office boy would have to get up and hustle w hen I spoke, it would sort of square me with my dignity, which is rapidly getting away from me. Wouldn't do anyone any barm, vou know and it would make me feel easier in my mind to realise that I was a man who had to be obeyed.’

De Kale : ‘ Will I bet about it ! Of course I will : I’ll bet anything. I’ll bet my head against yonrs if yon like.’ Mabel de Mure : ‘ No. thank you. I object to laying odds.'