A Distinct Score.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 5 September 1890, Page 2

A Distinct Score.

* A good Ptory is told concerning one John Hpnfhaw, a moat repu f « abe resident nf a certain Somerset* shire town* John who in years of honost industry had succeeded in putting money in his purse, an 1 nounced his intention of emigrat* ing 'o Australia. Then the smart men nf the place, tlio • nnwinfv, mi-th-loving on»n, f!e-te'Tni-'e'' to ma I ' a him a nre»pnt an hour liofo c he went on board. Th«v gay« the jeweller an or4f»r

for a 17d aluminium watch, to be present -d hy the mayor, and the back parlour of the public houso rang with laughter thtt night as the oonspir itoi's imagined how poor John would go on when he dis" coven d the trick. Bat John got scent of the pleas ant litt c arrangement in time, and paying a visit to the jow. Her, to whom he was unknown, he said Ovt it had been decided at the last moment that as Heushaw wa , afier all, a jolly good iellow, it won d be shahby to give him such a send-c ft*, and that the jewelers "only 80-----guinea " article was to be sent in lieu of the aluminium. It was sent, the mayor presented it with a neat speech, John responded modestly and giveefully, the subscribers were in fits at the magnitude of the joke, and the bund struck up — " Th& Girl I Left Behind Me. M The next day, when Henslww's ship was clearing the waves of the Channel, the mayor — the chief morer in the affair, and who had made himself responsible for payment — received the jeweller's bill. He puled through, but the doctor said it was the worst case of homicidal hypochondriasis he had met with in his thirty yeavo' prac-

tice.