SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE FIRESIDE. - A'sentimentalTOUniflwryJaaks • "Why is it j,hat two sottU r niated m the impene% trable mystery Jof their nativity, float by eachjotfeer^n the Gj?ejm,cjiwe*its of existi ence without being instinctively draw* together, blended and beautifed m th. assimilated alembic*of eternaj love P « j* is^Because butter^ls" eighteen pence a *£™b*- * d ' W^sL°|» to « high '; Aslrarigen inhkance, fell sick ; his friend called m a medical man! who;; demurred abou ti^vi|ig*is prof,^ Sfcf St? 0 ? tfie^erewithal might nbt be forthcoming^ sefifie hia bill. S? aa T-'? r n ducing » hwared-frane ' ™ '^ U •v m this is .y.oura.,' The sick man di«*l *Za the debt.— •« Did you cure him ?•» uL a-ked. ;^o : sir.;- •? Did you m * "Certainly, not." "Then. Ygu*hare no o aim on me, Sir; I wish ybu^odd day." .-That was- a capital -sarmbn^the vicar preaohedjasfcneet," said a Chopping man .who had been attending Botha" the; river JorduVriefc and poor alike m hpef^nionl" %Aa ( diyenft|KaXS hesaidaboot the' n&ti&nolvidi hstnerj-butaa knaa that the T^l bl ft ; over ; t> Weusbeok, an he U let naebody gan'ower it but hiai n =$9fV4U table dhote; the? conversation' tamed noon oysters which several of J^compwr °£B?ss ■&*•* : A *3g*% that argue} £nat they must.have got brains. A yoW man who haxLtaken an unduly prominent part m the conversation, toirfhe annn*-. [Sift 61-inelderiy |nfflt S | bodH turned to the lattey iJ and'sWdi Do yort beheve . thai^ysteri. hW6r2l. V -"Certainly, Ido sir," waaVt h *,o pr t ( :^^^^ j*&!% Ws*V.% : welli^owi character m tho town^ of/G.^u'U: wfio havhw strong partiality^fgfrSnf d&vX pened to get rather drunk one night, and yiu-gjimg home got. so: tired>t&t7ooW ftM'rM e ?™°*,M:m .dofrhi^nd fell asleep. Somey,oqireJeUow«Weujir Wall lying snoring reaolvedU' n»r& a? lark' with, s's' ,"{,s*¥ & aa T removed Jum into a dark ceMir ;pefrfng^y-phSo?o a ,* they rubbed,iii.on their -and bull's hinds -S?,fc C^ an * te^<*?M* him up. Walloon seeing the 'at^ l&ey were iS l a «?^i^ £ . tt^' 'Whaur am I?' .Ye re^deid, said one of the young men. •flookng hiv I been deidt' 'a. fortMoo lang have you been deid ?'" ""Threa week . 8 -' ij'Then/saidrWuJl, 'you'll be better acquaint here abootihaiunt, here's a snillin ; away roond and see if you canna get f 7half-a-mu6hlrul;'M H T A n uJ°c a Jfe was made miserable by theer a ttering%f 'two black--BmU.^,■s&*!&& Ptt..each of of them to remove by the offer of a liberal pecuniary compensation. , Whenr the } Mnotre> was ■paid^down,- be kindly iriqufred what neiffh. & r £°S d . Ttb' /ren&ve to. 'JSfe %M^£&>**kkto on aua I move to '^is.' ; '; d Horace Greeley used tb^liinu story. He once sent a ciaini r^coiyec^dn to a .VV'estern.iavvyer/ an<r;\egardiag' it as gather a-desperfttedema-ndiitdld the* at6w??Tr 'J he j^ectedvit, he : might^eserve .half the amount for his fee. ijn-due time ;Mr Greeley .received the foilowing!lacouio epistle ;— Dear Sir,— l have succeeded ia collecting my half of thaU claim.* The balance is hopeless. .:■..,..,.:, -.. : ,- »v: «..:;.. !,r-r A rlT
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 218, 18 August 1883, Page 2
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474SATURDAY NIGHT. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 218, 18 August 1883, Page 2
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