AN IMPUDENT IMPOSTOR.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1511, 19 March 1887, Page 3

AN IMPUDENT IMPOSTOR.

(" Auckland Bell-") Some time ago the wife of a firmer m a bußh (settlement m the North wan summoned from her work by a kncok at the door. On opening it she beheld a man of wayworn aspect, who exclaimed ' Sarah, don't you know me, your own brother William? 1 Now Mm Wilson had not seen her brother William for twenty years, bo might be oxcused if hl« lineaments were not quite familiar to her, but no doubt of his Identity entered her mind, and with cries of laptaro, the warmhearted woman fell upcn the neck of that shabby man and embraced him, and then went put m the field to summon all her family to oome and do Hkowioo. They oamo, and great was the embracing thereof, There had been no such excitement la the place for years. No tirm was lost m preparing a substantial meal for the traveller, who then narrated a dismal ta/e (f sickness and hardship on Australian goldßelda that enlisted all the hoarem' sympathies. However, ho said, an old Sydney friend|hftd at last succeeded It) ob'«fniog for him some employment m New Zealand on a Btation down South,, but an irrepressible yearning to see his sister one* more hud guided his steps thither ; and if they would have him, h<) would like to stay with them a few weeks to recoup hia health before settling down to his new occ pition. So he stayed with thorn noarly a month The best tadrooro wa* given up to him, and the choicost of the farm dalioaoles pre pared for his meals. Mrs Wilson washed and mended hia garments, and with a great effort of eolf-dental, th«y raised money enough o to buy him a new Ruit, that his appauranoe might; not disgrace his family m his new field of labor Then, with many professions of gratitude, and promises to wrilo soon, he took his taave — and none too soon ; for a day or two sifter cime letters from Sydney m amwer to their*, and m one, which was signed, 1 Your affectionate brother William Wilson,' the writer doniod ever having left Australia, excopt m his dream*; but stated that a 'out a year before, when on the diggings he had had for come months a mate, a loafing sort of fellow who had often expressed a wish to try his luck m New Zealand, and sitting over their pipes m the evening, ho had given some account of his sister, her family and thoir doings. And the de oip'lon William Wilson pave of that man tallied with the appearance of their l*te visitor, of wh ~<m they -have hoard nothing more unto this day.