A LIMIT TO ALL THINGS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 12, 21 March 1907, Page 37

A LIMIT TO ALL THINGS

He had' been away "on a long • journey, and upon Ms return his wife was detailing .to him a number of reforms 1 , and improvements which she . had successfully engineered during his absence. 'And you know,' she said, * the drawer that was locked for over a month and which you said couldn't be opened except by a locksmith'? Well '— triumphantly— 1 I opened it.'-

■"Well, well; how in the' world did you do it?' ' .With a hairpin.' ' And the oven-door, ' she continued, . ' has been slopping around on one hinge for ever so long just be-* pause you were too lazy ho fix it, but it's all right now.' 1 Welly I'm glad you had it fixed,' •'-Had it fixed ! 1 fixed it myself— with a hairpin.' •' And then there's that crayon portrait of mother that stood in the corner for almost six solid weeiks because you never would bring me any picture-hooks ' Well, I intended to, but ' 'Oh but ! Well, it don't, make any difference now ; I got it up with a hook I made myself— out of a hairpin/ ~""~" - 'Ye 'golds P he said. . . ' '.And there's Willie ; you've been coaxing him and bribing) him for a> year, trying to ' .break .him off biting has naals, and I broke him in a week.' ■ ' ' With a hairpin ?' he inquired weakly. ' ' No ! she snapped. 'Don't he a goose! With a hairbrush ! '