Gussie Was SO Superstitious
" You know," she said, " that pa couldn't bear Gussie. He said that Gus was really no good whatever ; that he wouldn't work, and didn'tknow any thing beyond cigarettes. Pa was just awfully down on him, and the last time Gus came to see me pa heard him in the parlor and came down with a rush, and before he could get down the front steps pa kicked him real hard with his left foot. Pa has been lame ever since. And I don't care if he is. I know Gus felt real hurt about it. He said no man ever kicked him with his left foot before, and it was real bad luck. I've tried a hundred times to get him to come and see me again, but he won't. 1 ' "Why not?" "Oh, he is so superstitious !"
Tongariro, the Wanganui Derby winner, is now conjointly owned by, a Wanganui sportsman and thejooVey, J. Belcher, It stated its hat the price paid for the colt by his new owners was £125.
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 200, 23 April 1887, Page 5
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175Gussie Was SO Superstitious Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 200, 23 April 1887, Page 5
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