The Evening Star.
Vw. XXIIL—No. 7281.
THE THAMES (NEW ZEALAND)^ TUESDAY, SEPtSMBEa 6 1892

Pbioi Ghb Pennt, ■■.■. - . "•C^I.VM.
Wit and Humor.
HE WOULDN'T SPOIL THE DINNER.
An old war Teteran, who had been through half a dozen campaigns and was pot very particular about what he ate, was invited oat to a swell dinner party. He eat almost directly opposite the hostess* and wns painfully conscious that erefry, move he made, could be observed by her. Suddenly, at the height of the, festivities; the veteran came across a caterpillar in the salad. A furtivt glance at the hostess disclosed the fact that she, too, had dis covered the embarrassing cinmnutaoee. It was a critical moment, but tbe old soldier was equal to the occasion.. With out changing a rowel* he gath^dttQ the , caterpillar with a forkful of the salad SjjatdT swallowed botfat The look of. grttitnde which he received, from his hostess a few minutes later warmed the Very cockles of his heart. In due timethe story leaked ont, and when everybody, asfced tbe old campaigner how he,liked caterpillar salad, the reply came like a hot shos— -1 Do you take me for a man- who would spoil a dinner party for a little; thing like a caterpillar V

GOT 'CASION TO 'SPLAIN IT.
