HIS OPPORTUNITY.
Young Hawkins (finding young Mr. Merton, the model of his office, in an unexpected haunt). "Hullo, Merton, what are you doing here? Have a Sherry and Bitters?"
Young Merton. "No, thank you, Hawkins; I'm afraid it would go to my Head."
Hawkins. "So much the better, Old Man. Nature abhors a Vacuum. you know."