A Jovial Lumper.
He was a jovial lumper, and at knock-log-off time he hied him to the steps of the wharf shed, and opening ont a pie and a big bottle of yellowish brown liqoid proceeded to business. To him a well, collared gentleman \ritoj .passing, spied the bottle at his lips — " My Rood man do yon think it necessary for the health of your body — withon saying anything about the more important element, your soul — do you think in right to drink that per- , *nicious fluid ?" " Donno. Smts me alright/ It's all I can get, and I'm drinking it, boas." " Well the Society to which > I belong believe in developing pure and and healthful habits. Here'* a BhjUine if yon'li Riv« me the wretched stuff, and get yourself some lemcftftds «r aoin£ oihet refreshment." Silently the bottle and the shilling changed hand*. After a little farther nrging of the merits of tea as a beverage, the buyer passed on, leaving the jovial lumper existing on dry pie. "Yes," he explained to a mate Inter, over two mediums, " I'll sell him the same at the lime price every day, Bill, it was blooming cold tea.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 1, 1 July 1896, Page 3
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195A Jovial Lumper. Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 1, 1 July 1896, Page 3
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