HONE’S CHARACTER SKETCH.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1761, 6 December 1917, Page 3

HONE’S CHARACTER SKETCH.

To uakoe, Alitta Edita. Good morning, Hone. Sit doAvn. A 7 ou look Avarm. AVhat’s the joke? AVerra, I peen larp like blazes! I see to ferra jus like Charlie Chaplin. You knoAv Ken, to grocer —to Averry fat chap, to short chap. Ho jus’ come back from to camp. Py kripe, when 1 see Ken tc first time I link my eye must ho krook, he rook like te bag spuds half full te big hat, te big coat —not like Archie make —come down to te knee and te werry big trousc, jus’ like te woman Mouse. AA’erry near 1 fall ulf to horse Avit laugh. Te horse lie shy, too, for Ken! He say, “Hulloa, old copper face; what te trouble?" I terra Ken “avliosc your tailor?” Ho say tis Pill Alassey suit. He give it to me Avhen I go to camp. Prenly room for te inshido to swell Avlien I eat lo dulf, and f going for a sail in te river in te'boots. AA hen I going in te stranport and te submarine hit te stranport, Averra, Hone, I just float on te sea. Tis-te kapai noo ooniform.” I terra, Ken he te ferra for ■•to. movin’ picture, alright. He knock out Charlie Chaplin and Fatty Arhuckle ewery time. But I like Ken, ho te good feller alright. AVhen te Kaiser he see Ken, py kripe, he wish he newer peon pom. Ken terra me he make tc tarn good Guy Fawkes. So you have been studying the philosophy of clothes, eh, Hone? “I dunno tat chap. But Ken he terra me he have te good time in camp, and he worry pleased get to France for te knock-out. Some te feller in camp werry good, some werry bad. Some feller all te time want to go home to te wife. Ken terra Hone te best way to get out te camp, eat no tucker. Adopt the hunger strike, Hone? Tat the Avay, like Mrs Spankhurst, isn’t it? AA'erra, all te feller wit te big heart gone to te Avar noAV. But a lot young feller he don’t want to go, and he say can’t see, te eye had, got te bad heart, te roomat. He don’t Avant to go, tatls all. But Ken he got te big heart, and he goin’ to do alright. I link he make te good balloon if he get blown up. I see you again Avhen te shearin’ oyer.