Molding the Ram.
kind' though, Sir, to hold this ram'fbr tore'- While- I open this gate,? ! lti's ; :fastenbd ;i dn the'iir. side, rind I must cl^lj'd^r." Ijhis • modest remarri'.waVjhfadeJ'by a manwho was standing ''at'] a^gatc oxi 'a/ ; lonely road, ajicT if "'wpsi , to a stalwiirt, .?ailo^ wlio JiaA just cojme ; tip. i The jcinly. . .other , ptyept visibly r on the lpngi s.traigh^; joacV was itlre, 1 ram, whose, massive, crooked hcirij.s. :wer.e;beNg.,held by, the man as 'ti^ two stood' quite .-still, in front of Jthe gate. '^Wiliy, >sartinly v Tshipmate,'' said the obliging tarj! aS> he sejzed, the big 'liorris' and relieved the first; h older. Th c latter cli mbed o vcrj they gate. V "'P 'tfiank much,?' he said, politely,' \Vhen 'he got to)th'€ ! other siclc. {f )Tou will be .^iiprised' to jiear that I^neyef saw "tliel'atyi B^ fo'rfe 1 ' to-day. /'The 1 -lir^fe y attack : cd'; me about half an hour ago, and 1 \ve" Mn-Ve^'been tussling 1 thgkilk&'l' cv'av.' since. As long as you stand befor^.' hjm hpldipg Jiis hoyns firmly! }}$ yW fciMte • "i ' hope ypju will be.,«s Juckv m getting ii'wiiy fro||i hntj.afe T have' 'been. f litis not jfriowii vthdt the sailor sai(l. m; j:
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 39, 16 January 1885, Page 4
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201Molding the Ram. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 39, 16 January 1885, Page 4
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