A Necktie.

Manawatu Herald, 1 May 1902, Page 2

A Necktie.

Trifles v almost as light as air, tend to bring persons to grief. The other da} 7 whilst an Assyrian hawker had left his goods for a minute, displayed ' upon a table in a public house, some man thought it would pay him to ; annex them, and seized the oppor- * ■ t unity of the absence of the owner to remove and hide them near bye. Naturally the hawker was annoyed at the loss, which at first he looked upon as a practical joke. Whilst the public were sitting around discussing the event a man walked into ■ the room and innocently stood, liat : ' ening to the conversation. First one man’s eyes turned towards him and the sight caused a broad smile, then another of the party saw the ab- - surdity until everyone except ~*the stranger saw much to laugh at. The fact that caused the merriment was that the man who so innocently en-. tered was the thief who stole the hawker’s goods, and in his hurry in picking them up had rubbed the book of a necktie into his trou^er?B c v leg, and there it hung for all preamt ,t to see. When he was informed jvhat he had done, he did “perform," and he will probably have to perform in a different fashion for the benefit of „ _ * the colony at an early date, as he was brought up on Tuesday, before, the Justices and remanded to Pal- - merston, where it was stated he' would plead guilty, and be from?:, there sent to Wanganui for sentence. .