ODDS AND ENDS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 16, 23 April 1908, Page 38

ODDS AND ENDS

One day four-year-old Fred climbed upon a chair to reach something he wanted. ■ 1 You must not get on that chair with your feet dear,' said his mother. Fred looked down at his feet, evidently puzzled. 'Why, mamma,' he said, 'I can't take 'em off.' ' Are you ,chief engineer of this concern ? ' asked an excited individual of the sub-editor. 1 No, sir, I'm not the engineer ; I'm the boiler,' a n d he proceeded to bo 1 xlown "Six sheets^f matter into a note of six lines.