GLOVE CONTESTS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1538, 9 July 1873, Page 4

j Printed and l published ' by' the proprietors I James Keer, .. John Arnott, fend ! Alla* : P. Stark, at Gkey River Arqub Qfwce, Boundary street. Greymouth, WeifcUad, \ N.^-^Wednesdfty, July 0, 187&J

when he is forcibly informed on the following morning that the bar is locked, and she won't get up. This is an ordeal " Rough and Tumble " had undergone on many occasions, for he had a soft heart and was as open to feminine allurements as the most refined of mortals, but he generally had a parting cup before he left by calling at the shanty where he had spent his money, and saluting the landlady; with ; "Good day, Mrs PublicHouse." " Good day, Rough ; are you off?? "0, yes, a married maa has pitched his camp, in the gully I was working in ; it's time to leave. What is it I owe you ?" " Let me see ? you stuck-up eight pounds seven the night before you left, and you had four drinks the next day ; that will make eight pounds eleven." "Is that all?"" "Well, I don't know; there might have been some drinks I' forgot to count; do you know, of anything else ?" " Not I ; I never keep an account ; but fetch in some drinks anyway. Come on, boys, what are you going to have 1" And over the parting glass Rough tells of some of the discoveries he has made in former days, and of spots where he is sure there is a bit of gold awaiting him, until at last he shoulders his swag and is about to take his departure, when he is stopped by the landlady crying "Rough." "Well." "You did not settle with me." "Didn't 1 1 Let me see? it was eight pounds eleven befor«, and nine drinks now, that will make just nine pounds. Well, you mind and put no more t« it, and I'll take very good care I take none from it. Good day."