BOWLED OUT.
The local journal says—A saddler’s shop in the Wairarapa was the scene of an amusing episode the other day. A certain churchwarden was conversing with the saddler, when he noticed the incumbent of the church, with stick in hand, bearing down on the establishment. “ He’s after that harness, and ‘ blow me ’ if it’s finished ” said the man of saddles in tones of mortification, Then a happy thought struck him, and he exclaimed, “ Tell the Rev, out,” and he ducked his head and crept beneath the counter. “ Where’s So-and-So?” asked the clergyman, naming the proprietor. “Oh! he’s just gone out!” promptly replied the warden. “ Ah! won’t be back soon, eh ” “ No, I think he’s gone some distance,” replied the other. The clergyman who seemed in no hurry to leave, began casting his eyes over the premises, when some straps and fancy buckles caught his eye. “ Perfect beauties these are!" he continued as he walked behind the counter to examine them. Then as he turned his penetrating eye he saw the crouching form beneath. As the saddler sprang to his legs, the warden coloured up, and then nearly swooned, while the incumbent provided music for the tableau in the shape of loud screams of laughter.
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Patea Mail, 4 March 1882, Page 3
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205BOWLED OUT. Patea Mail, 4 March 1882, Page 3
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