ODDS AND ENDS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 6, 7 February 1907, Page 38

ODDS AND ENDS

- ' There is but one thing in- this world thatf-we can put pur faith and reliance in with confidence, children ' said .the teacher. 'Who can tell me what it is?.' 1 Safety-pins,' .promptly answered a little girl. ' ' '

' You are not opaque, are, you ? ' said the sarcastic man to another who was standing in front of him at a recent show. ' Faith, and I'm not,' was the imperturbable reply. 'My namejs O'Brien.' ' I suppose your late uncle didn't fail to remember you m his will ? ' said the sympathetic friend. ' You can hardly call it a remembrance,' replied the po o r relation. 'It was more like a faint recollection ! '

Ah, Jackson ! exclaimed a miserly individual, thoughtlessly, meeting an acquaintance at a railway refreshment bar. 'It isn't often we meet— er— what will you have ? '

'Thanks,' replied his friend, considerably astonished 'I'm not particular.' <

' Good,' said the close-fisted one ; • then we'll have a walk.'