SALVATION EXTRAORDINARY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1231, 23 August 1884, Page 2

SALVATION EXTRAORDINARY.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,— l"wa§ in Temuka on Sunday last, and, teeing the Salvation Army, I stopped, thinking I might learn something, for you know its a poor body yon can’t learn something from. Well, I had a few words with the Captain about a broad road and a narrow one. Ho sMd few went the narrow toad and many the broad one. I told him that was reasonable enough, as a few didn’t want a big road—a footpath would do them. So he asked me in to the barracks'to hear more. I went to hear a hymn, and after hearing one I left. After I left I am informed that a member get up and said the devil had just left the hall, and I am told he meant me. Now, Mr Editor, its rather hard lines for a man—after putting his best clothes on, doing his best to look decent, and trying to he like other people—to get mistaken for the devil. I have an average character, anyhow I would not change it for that individual’s, and for

looks I believe I’m quite as good as he is. So I sjmply say that he must have made a mistake. Perhaps he saw a cow pass and thought it came out of the hall, or perhaps it was his own shadow he saw. If the latter be the case I’ll forgive him ; if not, and be is sure he n»ade no mistake, I think he ought to withdraw those words and express sorrow for having made use of them, for he has done for me properly. My boss has given me the sack—he says he can’t trust me any longer. My girl has left me too—she says she is not going to be married to the devil. Altogether I am in low spirits, and if ever there was a man in need of comfort, it’s me, on account of those words. No more at present, for the tears are falling and I can’t see to write.—l am, etc., The Unfortunate Man.