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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 381, 3 July 1889, Page 8

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VHumi my aooi ; mm n, sick, He tluniys to '-os.pr <i; -.isieiBy having ov> him qui< k A led-hol mmf.-i-.d plaster. L»i,«f>Uf^l T mind it \vl! What happened fiom his notion ; 'Twas in a bit 1 hotel, Off somewhere by the ocean. Whore, in the f.oad of ninht, Tom I1 '' frronns «<"> dinhnlie Awnkrned jn? with fiiubt — I knew it wifi thecoJic, <f Quirk. Juno, beforp T die — Grt ran a nmstird piaster I Tlip 1-ifHicn- fly, oh,' fly — And save thy l^rd. and master !" I know not how T found Tho kitchen, but returninpr, Tlx; pi -ice seemed turned around, For scaic« u light was burning. At In 1 *! I ranched nur room, And Ton), the scamp, lay snoring ; Beside him in the gloom I crept upon the flooring. The plnßter, how :t: t binned ! Determined not to waste it, Tho rovers down I turned, And on his stomach placed it. " Thieves t murdf r !" came his yell-— I wtood there quite diimfounded ; And all thrcujih the jrreut hotel His frightful HhriekN resounded. Tl»e hIJ wild with fright, Quick in the room came rushing, While I, arrayed in white, Tried hard to hide my blushing. But when the pm was turned, Oh, horror**, how I ran ! For 'twas not Tom I burned — ► It wus another man !

An old forty-niner says of ajold hunting . — '' It'e the fascination of it. Lor' man when you've ntniok it pretty rich and can bqp ytT gold tight in fiont of you ; -when yonr're piling it np every hour o' the day, N\ith a nua:jret now at\d again as big an a bullet to cheer you, nnd then, when the evenin' comes and you count it up nnd firH h fonndred odd dollars jnst pirked out o' the earth that day— well, there ain't nothin' like it. Then when you don't strike it rich you nlwaya think you'er pom' to next day, an' its just as exciting l»eajin' other men tell in the evenin' what they pulled oui us it is countin' over your ov. n. "Why, IVe been three «n<* four ni«)nthn at n time without making a dollar Mid wiihuut n cf>nt in my poefcpt ; but pee. whittaVer! the excitement nf it don't give a man time to think how hard up he