Good Nature Rewarded.!
» " Will you be kind enough, sir, to hold this ram for me while I open this gate '? It is fastened on the insicle, and I must climb over" This modest remark was made by a man who was standing at a gate on a i lonely road running out of Nutfield, in Surrey, and it was addressed to a stalwart sailor who had just come up. j The only other object visible on the long, straight road was the large black ram, whose massive, crooked horns were being held by the man as the two stood quite still in front of the gate. " Why, sartinly, shipmate," said the obliging tar, as he seized the big horns and relieved the first holder. The latter climbed quickly over the gate. "I thank you very much," he said politely when be got to the other side. " You will be surprised to hear that I never saw that ram before to-day. The brute attacked me about half-an-hour ago, and we have been tussling together ever since. \ s long as you stand before him holding his horns firmly he can't hurt you much. Good-bye. I hope you will be as lucky in getting away from him as I have been." The Nutfieldite, when telling this slory, neglected to repeat the sailor's reply.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 6 October 1891, Page 3
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220Good Nature Rewarded.! Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 6 October 1891, Page 3
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