The Gentleman From Mars.

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2127, 9 July 1898, Page 3

The Gentleman From Mars.

In the course of his journeying on the earth the gentleman from Mars came to a great and wonderful country. Through its majestic riversi ran, and its soil, stretching away for unknown leagues, was of remarkable fertility. Here he wandered for a “time, whistling ‘After the ball’ softly to himself, when bn met a citizen of earth, whose face was very sad. ‘ Morning’said the Martian. * Mornin’.’ - * What’s the matter ?’ ‘Hungry.’ ‘ Why don’t you eat ?’ ‘ No money.’ ‘ Work and get some.’ ‘Can’t get none.’ ‘ Work on this great tract of land; raise wheat, corn, potatoes—all such things. See ?’ f The owner won’t hire me.’ ‘The WHAT ?’ * Ow‘ner won’t hire me.’ ' ‘ What’s the o.wner ?’ , <Why, them that owns it.’ •; * Does one man own this land V ‘.Of course.’ . ‘ "Well, I’ll be bio— Say, didn’t God make this land?’ ' • . ‘l’ve heard so,’ ‘Didn’t He make It for all His children, that they might live ?’ ‘l—l’ve heard so—l guess so—l dunno.’ . • ‘ Hew does it happen that one man owns it all ?’ ‘Why, the law gives it to him, of course.’ ! r * Who makes the .law ?’ ‘We do, of course.’ ‘Who’s we?’ , ‘ Why, the voters; me and the rest of us—the sovereign peopl^/ ‘ And you make laws-giving one man a great fertile tract of land like this, which he can let lie idle if he ehooses, while you beg for work and starve for food ?’ * ‘ Ye-es.’ Would you kindly take off your hat and let me see the shape of; your head ?’\ .... , : And the gentleman from Mars cut the anchor of his airship and sailed away, repeating, ‘ W.hat fools these mortals be Ur George W. Carey, in ‘ Santa. Cruz Spectator.’