High Life in Auckland.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 4, 30 May 1883, Page 2

High Life in Auckland.

It was t igb t m one of fcne by-streets. There was no . more moonshine than there is about this par. Clouds obscured'the stars. The streets were silent. Only, a few festive cats relieved the solemn calm j and evoked missdess and blasphemy from, sleep-robbed- cits; The policemen taoved like k shadow along his lonely beat, pausing to scrutinise the windows and. fan-lights of the hotels for a chance of a propitiatorydrink. Suddenly the, : dread , guardian of the peace paused near a verandah and listened intently. .Was it one or two burglars ? ;No j fpr , .one :wa£» the figure of a well-known married iady, .and she was clasped , m the strong arms of a man. The kisses'were fast and furious, causing the susceptible heart of the constable to. palpitate violenty. He crept closer, and caught the wotds uttered m., a soft .tremulous voice, "it wilL not be safe to come before 4 o/cloqk,: tfearJ'V ;; Tk,en. the male person took . one long passionate farewell kiss, wonded his; way to the nearest pub, emerged with, a bottle, "and sent it by the nand oiF a boy' to' the lady who was waiting underHhe verandah. By the flickeriring light of the gas-lamp the constable recognised m the gay Lothario the lineaments of a prominent preacher of morality and pillar of god* linesa. Such is life, dew boys.