THE DIFFERENCE.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 13 July 1881, Page 2

THE DIFFERENCE.

-♦ I feel to-night, snid a Carrollton lady who was always at a loss for a word, at a musical party tbe other evening—, I feel to night like— a —

little a— little a—, Djar ma, ho;r stupid lam! Like a— A morning star, suggevSlod the hus> band. No dear, like a—. "Wbat are those birds that sicg after dark ? Mosquitoes. What nonsense you do talk! Of course not. Well, now, how annoying ! Besty, bugs. Kubbish ! Dear sir, it's extremely annoying ! What is it I feel like ? I know what it is just as well as any* thing. Those birds that never sing ex* cept at night-time. Bull-toads. The latter suggestion of her husband was rejected with scorn, and she re" marked that it was of no consequence, she would probably think of it by and by. About two o'clock the following morning, Fred was dreaming that, while on the top of the Bank of Call* fornia ifc exploded, he was blown clear into the middle of a Sand which Tsland barbecue. Just as the odour of roasted missionary greeted bis nostrils, he waa awakened by his wife. Fred, Fred ! What's the matter, now ? I've got it. What, the colic? No, pet ; it's the nightingales. Where do you feel them, pet ? 0 ! you stupd, I'ye got the word I could'nt think of to-night. I feet like a nightingale. I's darned if I do. And he turned over and went to sleep,