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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue III, 18 January 1896, Page 51

All About a Telegram.—Bingo: * Has a telegram come for me?' Mrs Bingo : ‘ Have you been expecting one ?’ Bingo : ‘ Oh, no—of course not ’ —sarcastically. • You don’t suppose I should ask you that question if I expected one, do you?’ Mrs Bingo (sweetly): • You might, dear. What would you say, now. if I should say that a telegram has come for you ?’ Bingo : * A-ha, I knew it! I’ve been expecting that telegram all the afternoon’—impatiently. Where is it?’ Mrs Bingo : ’ I’ll get it. But, dear, I thought it best to open it. You didn’t mind, did you, dearest ?’ Bingo: Certainly not. It s onlv a matter of business. From Jack Enslow, ain’t it ?’ Mrs Bingo: Yes. dear.’ Bingo : ’lmportant meeting to night. Says I must be there, doesn't he ?' Mrs Bingo : ’ Yes. dear.’ Bingo (rubbing his hands' : ‘ I knew it. Well, I shall have to rush off directly after dinner. Soiry for you, my dear, but you know business must be attended to.’ Mrs Bingo : ‘Oh. that’s all right, darling ; but don’t you want to see the message ?’ Bingo: • Why should I ? You opened it, read it like a good wife that you are ; and I fancy I can trust you. Jack wants me ’ —delightedly—that’s all, and I must go.' Mrs Bingo : ’ But there was one thing more he said, my pet.’ Bingo (suspiciously): ‘ Oh, there was ! Well, what was it ?’ Mrs Bingo (all smiles) : *He says he’s got frontrow seats.’ A Well-Disciplined Mind.—Voiceless sorrow, grief that is deeper and more lasting than any that death ever brings, broken hopes, blighted lives and perpetual sadness are covered by the smiling mask of habit and education. One idol after another is shattered, but the well-disciplined mind, after a little time, recovers its balance, the carefully trained hands remember their cunning, and, with no outward sign of inward desolation, the shipwrecked spirit gathers up the remnant of its life and goes on just the same as before to do the next thing. Difficulty is never an end in itself, or to be chosen for its own sake. It may often be a most necessary means to high and valuable ends, and as such should be honoured and accepted ; but its destiny is to pass awav as soon as its mission is fulfilled.