THE WRONG GLASS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 965, 3 September 1908, Page 22

THE WRONG GLASS.

A clergyman very particular about his personal experience was once on circuit, and found himself due to preach in a country parish. Finding that there was no glass in his vestry, and fearing that his hair might not be quite as smooth as it should be,

he asked the clerk whether he could get him a glass. The man was gone some minutes, but at length returned and produced a parcel very myster-

iously from under his arm. To the astonishment of the clergyman, when it was opened it contained a bottle of whisky with water and a tumbler. “You mustn’t let on about it, mister,” said the clerk, “for I got it as a great favour, an’ I shouldn’t ha’ got it at all, being church hours, if I hadn’t a-said it was for you.”