He Said His Prayers.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1641, 22 February 1886, Page 2

He Said His Prayers.

A certain individual; who has been "sponging" on the" hotels between Woodville and. Napier was m for a nice thin? the other day. It appears that the adventurer who had a fancy for cane and gloves, arid presented the appearance of an out-and-out .swell presented himself to a hotel not oi hundred miles frpm Woodville and asked for private rooms. The landlord regretted he had' not the necessary accommodation and suggested that' the visitor might have his. requirements met at Sa hotel a little further off. The suggestion was acted on, rooms engaged, and ourhero lived m luxury for a day or' two',; then left without . Dayirig his bill. A short time elapsed and the^ trayeller returned to the ' same locality^ but wended his way not to the same hotel where 'he had previously stayed, but to the other, and was successful this time m obtaining quarters. The landlord, however, saw m him the image of the •'sponger" and began. questioning, him, m consequence of which the traveller got up next morning very early and cleared out. The landlord, ho.weyMf,' was not to be done, so he informed, His brother m the trade, and they overtook I their mutual friend when some miles on his way. Without much ado they proceeded to "duck" him m a stream close, by. and held him un.ier water till he cried for mercy. : Then they made him kneel on the roadway and m downright earnest praj to God to make him ajbetter man/ Thus satisfied they left him to his devices and he has not been m • the locality since. "Wbodville Examiner.