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Show Witty Reply Ready. Tho present provost of Trinity Col-lego, Col-lego, Dublin, familiarly known ns Tony Traill, was always looked on ns tho formidable, as now ho has proved tho successful, rival of Dr. Mabaffy, tho "glneral," for tho provostship An amusing llttlo rencontro ls related of them after cr.ch had had n son successful suc-cessful lr. tho examination for tho army. Coming out of tho hall that evening, Traill remarked to Mahaffy, "Olad to bco your son through, Mahaffy; Ma-haffy; ho was Just a fow paces behind be-hind mine." "Yes," replied Mahaffy, "It's wonderful how Industry triumphs tri-umphs over genius." |