THE EASIEST WAY

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 2, 10 January 1907, Page 37

THE EASIEST WAY

■ Some of the inmates of an asylum were engaged in . sawing wood, and an attendant thought' that one old ' fellow who appeared to be working as hard as -anybody had not much to show for his labor. Approach- • ing him, the attendant soon discovered' the cause of Wh «.» + ii man *i ad txx J neA the sa -w upside down, with ..the teeth in the air, and was working away with the back of the. tool. 'Here, I say Jones' remarked the attendant, 'what are you doing? You'll' never cut the wood in that fashion. Turn the-, sawf V'h 4* ° d I ? an ? auscd > an <i stared contemptuously at the attendant. ' Did you ever try to '"saw th& '^U he r aS l ed - ,, Well ' *>'' replied^lhe atSdSt 8 Of course I haven 'J;.' ' Then hold thy noise, man » was the instant rejoinder. •• I've tried both ways and' - —impressively—' this is easier !' V y '