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NZ Truth, Issue 135, 18 January 1908, Page 5

and found the long swamp hen—; that's the way he described.. h-im-— in !. chafge, and he'to.ld him about things, jßi id wasn't impressed. It was before j breakfast, and lie actually threatened. ( to run Porter m for being drunk ow|in.c' to his peculiar manner. / Now, a > I man who has to start work early haf» Jno time to get drunk, and Bird should j ; have treated his visitor, who perhaps. • j was m an excited state, m a much i better manner. There wasn't tho ! slightest sign of intoxication about I Porter, who said that he came to j ; give information anout where his daughter went, and said, that he ex- j : pectod civility anyhow. When he j ' . made that remark there was another ; Sergeant present, m charge of aj ' squad Who were about to go" out or < icome in— writer's informant says— j' and he said, "Civility!" Well, I'll J ' civilise ybu quick' aiid lively." But. ' he didn't. In fact, he daren't. Now,,' who was that fat-faced, bull-necked ] policeman? There are only two ser- i geants m charge at the Christchurch i station who answer to that descrip- j] tion. Anyhow, Porter replied that he was all right, and asking the fel- 1 low who he was, said, "GOOD MORNING, CAPTAIN." J This' didn't please the sergeant, but i the latter never said a damned word. ] i and why should he ? '• ' ■ At 'any rate, the father left off work j 1 and, on information received, he had j gone to Sumner and made invest iga-U tions. And now m connection with i I those investigations, it may be liberal 1 'to ask why the police didn't take up i the matter. That gentleman found 1 out things, and Constable Hampton \ asked bim a few questions, and said i that lie didn't know where the camp i was on the beach.*' N<y\y, seeing that i Sumner is not a city, and is only a 1 one-dog house, Hamilton must have '< been very blind. It is' about time lie. j was asl-ed lo shift n-und ; , all he i doc now is to shift bis moustache and a l -- h° doesn't want a crane to dr f it hr- r -j-bt .->,s well earn his f=alarv E j.. ;, . p'jlf. ;v '1 •Ii t V'.T . PV(I faki < .■:-■ 'i•■ '■ -> ■-, o Ik -nn, ..I- (be firs' .\ .■=■.{!.-;. c ■ iii b--- ".«•• Is jif'er- lunch <