AN UNPLEASANT JOKE.

Dunstan Times, Issue 728, 31 March 1876, Page 3

AN UNPLEASANT JOKE.

—o — There is a nice bathing place in the. Tokomairiro River (says the ‘ Herald’) not far fiom the township of Milton A young fellow was persuaded to go down there for a din the other day, accompanied by a friend. It was a lovely morning, and he had his clothes off and was in the water within a cnunle of minutes of the time they reached the bank. IT is friend did not go into the water, hut. perpetrated a cruel practical joke instead. He carefully picked up the bather’s clothes, and took them home. When the vonng man got out of the water, he felt the awkwardness of his position, for his hotel was three-quartei s of a mile away. He had not even a towel with him, and he would have given five shi'lin rs f or a hack number of the * Herald ’ at that moment. There was no time to be lost, bowev°r, for in an- ■ other half hour people would lie about, so be skirted the river bank for a short distance and then struck for home, reaching the hotel yard without being observed. He did not like to knock at the door, or to enter unannounced, as he was not anxious to meet his landlady, or in fact any of the female members of the household, so he went into the stable and “ cooeyed ” until the landlord came. Some clothing was thrown into him, and in a few moments he was able to make himself presentable. Moral—When you go bathing with a friend, always see that he gets into the water first.