How a Kaffir Scored.
Mr James Milne has just published " The Romance of a Pro-Consul " and in it is a tale how Sir George Grey once met his match. It is evident that the Kaffir was a thorough student of human- nature :— Sir George Grey had reproved some Kaffirs for allowing their wives to spend so much on bracelets and anklets. "An aged chief arose and gravely replied, • Yon are a great chief, Governor, and you have done marvellous things. You have persuaded us to labour, yea, to make roads which we knew " would lead to the conquest of the country. But you had better rest and be content, not allowing success in other things to induce you to enter upon what no man can accomplish. If you attempt, O Governor, to wage war with women and her love of ornament, you will assuredly fail.' The assembled chiefs, Sir George wound up the tale, roared with delight at this answer, which really left me without a word to say."
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Manawatu Herald, 13 July 1899, Page 3
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169How a Kaffir Scored. Manawatu Herald, 13 July 1899, Page 3
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