AN UNPLEASANT JOKE.

Evening Star, Issue 4075, 18 March 1876, Page 2 (Supplement)

AN UNPLEASANT JOKE.

There is a nice bathing place in the Tokomairiro River (says the * Herald ’) not far from the township of Milton. A young fellow was persuaded to go down there for a dip the other day, accompanied by a friend. It was a lovely morning, and he bad his clothes off and was in the water within a couple of minutes of the time they reached the bank. Ilia friend did not go into the water, but perpetrated a cruel practical joke instead. Ho carefully picked up the bather’s clothes, and tobk them home. When the young man got out of the water, he felt the awkwardness of his position, for his hotel was three-quarters of a mile away. He had not even a towel with him, and he would have given five shillings for a back number of the ‘Herald’ at that moment. There was no time to be, lost, however, for in another half hour people would be about, so he 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 hot 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 in to 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.