MORANT’S MESSAGE.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 405, 2 May 1902, Page 3

MORANT’S MESSAGE.

Movant kept up his hearty defiance of fate to the very last. Likewise he kept to the very last his utter to appreciate the fact that he had done wrong. Picturing himself as a patriotic Robin Hood, as an Empire-builder sacrificed .or his zeal, “ The Breaker ” wrote in gaol these verses: — BUTCHERED TO MAKE A DUTCHMAN’S HOLIDAY. In prison cell I sadly sit, \ d crest-fallen chappie ! And own to you I feel a bit A little bit—unhappy ! It really ain’t the place nor time To reel off rhyming _ diction— But yet wo’Jl write a final rhyme Whilst waiting cru-ei-fixion ! No matter what “end” they decide Quick-lime or “ b’iiing ile,” sir? Wo’ll do our best when crucified To finish off in style, sir ! But wo bequeath a parting tip For sound advice of such men, Who come across in transport ship To polish off the Dutchmen ! If you encounter any Boers You really must not loot ’em 1 And if you wish to leave these shores, For pity’s sake, D’ont shoot ’em !. And if you’d earn a D. 5.0., Why overy British sinner Should know the proper way to go _ Is : “ Ask the boer to dinner . Let’s toss a bumper down our throat Before we pass to Heaven, And toast: “ Tho trim-set petticoat We leave behind in Dovon. At its end tho manuscript is described— The Last Rhyme and Testamont of Tony Lumpkin- Thk