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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 275, 20 November 1877, Page 2

The boys of Nelson do not want much teaching in the way of. "a lark," but the following from the' Auckland Herald may be o£ interest to some of them ;—At the top of the Ereeman's Bay Hill the day after that of Guido Fawkes—a saint whos3 memory is now ceasing to be celebrated in the "absurd way it us.ed fa be—were assembled a knot of larrikins, who had possession iu fee simple of a dilapidated Guy which had done service on the previous day' After a brief consultation they resolved, and waiting till the 'bus came up and passed they swiftly carried their resolution into action. The Guy was placed on the hindStep of the 'bus with his toll hat nodding gracefully, go as to be seen through the »lass of jthe doorway. "jWhip behind!" yelled the urchins, and whip behind' it was. But yet Guy "neither spoke nor moved." Savage cuts, were administered all down the hill, but I the unabashed intruder held on, and gave no sign, the chorus of yells from the boys exasperatjng the now angry j enu. He could stand it no longer, but stopped his vehicle at the foot of the hill, descended from his post and rushed to the rear only to see poor Guido, and to hear the shouts of laughter which accompanied the larrikin war dance on the hill top. Jehu was angry, and not only knocked the figure off the step, but 'administered sundry kicks to its prostrate body. Then rose from earth to sky one shrilly scream, fnd f with dishevelled hair, and garments floating in jfche wind, a middle-aged "female" (a Woman, t mean-phpre are females of other species, although some clever writers don't seem to think iff) rushed from an adjacent house to rescue the helpJess £orm from the driver, who wonld kick a when he was down. She, too,'soon saw her mistake. Tableau! The good woman said she thought the Guy was a neighbor it was so like him. Pleasant for the neighbor! Queer feelings. Odd sensations in various parts of the body particularly iu the head and lower extremities, which do not amount