A CASE OF CRUELTY

Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1920, Page 4

A CASE OF CRUELTY

By Twells Brox. “What a lot of violence is recorded in the papers!” remarked the sensitive man. “The war seems to have blunted human feelings.” ‘T am sure it has” said the burly man; I saw an instance yesterday.” The sensitive man shivered. “What was It— but perhaps you had better not tell me. I get awfully upset when ” “A woman, too,” resumed the burly man. “She seized a little mite of athing—that big, (he stretched his hands about twelve inches), shook it, banged it, squeezed it ” “Horrible,” cried the sensitive man.

“Twisted it, threw it down on a chair, and walked about scowling and frowning at it. Then she went for it again, pulling it about as if she would pull it in half ” “Oh don’t tell me any more,” begged the sensitive man.. The burly man ignored him. He was carried away by his tale. 1 ‘Then she took a piece of silk cord and bound it tightly round its middle, untied it, scowling again, and then twisted it tighter. Then she banged it again.” “Too horrible!

“Then she took a needle—” “Not a woman—a fiend!” shouted the sensitive man. “Great Scot! that wasn’t the end of it,” resumed the burly man. “Unsatisfied, she threw iti down and walked round it again, scowling more than ever and muttering to herself.” “Where is woman’s pity and tenderness? What’s become of it? That’s what I want to know!” demanded the sensitive man. “Then she went for it again, lugging it about as if she would tear it in hits.”

“I can’t stand any more. Didn’t anybody interfere?” “Interfere? Bless your heart, no. She called another woman and they both stood glaring at-it. They worked! each other up and each had a go at it.” “Appalling.” “It lasted half an hour.” “Why didn’t you intervene, then? Where’s your own humanity? What did you do? “I sat and smoked.” The sensitive man flamed up. “You ought to be ashamed of yourself. You were as bad as the women. Women! Why should I call them women ?' Tigers ! Ghouls! Jezebels!” “Hold hard,” interposed the burly man; “one of them’s my wife.” “I don’t care,” spluttered the sensitive man. “That any woman claiming the name of mother should ” “Sho isn’t a mother,” corrected the burly man. “Then whose child was it?” “It wasn’t a child. It was a hat that she was re-shaping and re-trim-ming.” “You think you’ve sold me, don’t you?” said the sensitive man acidly. “Yes, I think so,” replied the lmrly man.

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