WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8, 27 February 1908, Page 37

WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE

The editor had' finished his day's work. He had informed one correspondent how many mice might be caught by a well-educated cat in the course of a night and had repli-d to another who asked what ex a ms. had to be passed by anyone wishing to become a company Promoter, and what were the wages attached. But. at 1 n^th he returned to the comparative peace of his own home. ' Pa,' said his youngest son, as the editor hune ura his h;t, 'is Mars khal it- d ?' -■• 'I don't lnow,' said the father. • , - 'Pa,' wait on the small boy, Ms it coldjr 'on the lop of Mont Bl a nc than at the North Pole"?' But once aiain thit w t( i:,ing encyclopaedia had to confess ianorance. The little boy thoucht for a moment to be'co'me^an^SiS" 1^ 171 ' hmXV l dk yOU mana * c