THE RETURN.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1733, 3 July 1917, Page 4

THE RETURN.

(By Our Unofficial Laureate, 11.8. Herald). M. Bethink thee, Joseph, that the hour draws nigh. "When thou, and I, and all our glittering train, Must disembark upon Zealandia’s soil. There to resume our ordinary tasks. W Beshrew me, William, how the irksome thought Is ever with me. ’Tis but now I heard Yon caitiff captain urge the engineer to “hit her up,” and, hearing, cursed his birth. M. May, never curse him; thus lie earns his bread; But if, perchance, among yon firemen wights One might be found amenable to gold, A spanner, haply, dropped among the gears W. ’Twere little worth; for sure that by his skill Marconi hath M. Dogs desecrate his grave! Neither on land nor sea may peace he,found. “Allen demands more men than I can spare." “Herries is cutting out essential trains." Thus runs the tale from weary hour to hour. Mark well yon vailer who doth now approach: ’Tis as I feared, ypt more, and more, and more. “The civil servants seek enhanced largesse." “’Tis urged that no man after six shall drink.” “Bussell reports a quinnat in the Hutt.” “MacDonald buys a large 'Store of Austral mice.” “Herdman and Findlay quarrel, hie thee home.” “Hasten thine advance or the tote is doomed.” Such are the joys that wait us! W. Better far To plunge beneath the mild encircling wave, But that some witless interfer-