BILL'S MATE’S LETTER.

Temuka Leader, Issue 154, 14 August 1886, Page 2

BILL'S MATE’S LETTER.

TO THE EDITOR. Mr Heditur, Sur,—Bill and I ’ae both be’u had, and afore we go to a liawer we - wants to insult you, as wo 'no’s you will mak’ no charg’ like they does. We seed the advartis’ment in your yal’abie paper ’bout a consart in aid of funds of cartain acho’lin this 'ere distric’, so as Bill can’t sing or dance I went to see ’ow be shap 'd. But, Mr Heditur, we likes to give our spare ha’penca.to the ’cause we likes colonoal kids, such swe’t pret’y dears as nobody does nothin’ for, so we went to (he spre’, but now they be goin’ to take our 2s 6d for Presbiter’e pianoo, and Bill and I can’t even get a tune out ‘ f the new ’nrdy-gurdy for our moneys, and the poor kids be cheated to*. Pleas’ give your ’vice on the snbjec’. The Maniger of Bank sent for I t’other day, and axed w’en I was agoin’ to squer his ’count, I told he money was to’ tight, but if he opined liis ’eart a bit more and lent money to others then I could get som’ of it and pay he. Bat he got riled and said 1 wer’ a talkin’ nonsense, but at last he said he would only cash my check if it was spent on reproduktive works, and I said al’ right, but I didn’t 'no’ what he meant, all the same. Wei’ next day he tackles me in the street, arid shows m* a check I gived the Timaru Herald. Says lie “You broke our ’gro’ment already.” No, sur, says 1; ’ows that. Says he bnyin’ that confounded Herald beant reproduktive works,] Yes, saysf, bat its all reprodneed froth’ t'other pipers/ ■ With that lie larfed, and says as how those that buyed it had more money that siose, and felled me not to do it again. — l'am, sur, Bill’s Mate. [Don’t do it again, but pay what, you owe for this paper, and don’t lend it to all your neighbors. Let them subscribe for it themselves. That is good, sound advice, anyhow* —The Editor.]