Story of Stubbs.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3338, 3 September 1879, Page 2

Story of Stubbs.

[ifAEBATED BT TMDAITtI]" ; When the first newt of the Ohinemnri, outrage" wait receited'- little ;>^tijbbfl, $f Owen street, in the language of the immortal Fritz got" oxided." Full of heroic motive.'on the spur of the moment he rushed home and gave his wife reason to doubt his sanity-by: ptlßilaO' down the family fowling-piece that affl-i know adorns the mantle of hii;4botleV^ *'•'* '' Stubbs hastily charged the venerable weapon which, en passant; it may! B»'*b-'"* marked, was, in the legitimate application ( of the word, also considerably " okided. When it was full up.to th^ muulfr w^th powder—gun and blast ii»*—several :i>ld nails, some chewed up tea lead, and the, powdered fragment of baby's new sacking* ''C - bottle, he went out into the; eles>r mooalight night, and started off "to"' avenge the murder of the surveyors, and gain him* ■ self everlasting fame.' ■ *- "I*7 O Tf U All went well while Stubbs was in the ' well peopled portions •of - the town. When the lonely suburbs were traversed his high courage was somewhat* damped i but still he jogged on. „; , , „-, ?Ji^ ! )I, Verdant, had been taking a moonlight ramble, (alone) to Farawai, and^whea jqsl:;'} the bridge was astounded to Me the well known figure of my friend Stubbs jogging along with a large dnek fin- or "elephant gun or some such weapon on his shoulder . —looking the very personification of martial ardor. Of course I hadn't .heard a|if-;■( ;f thing of the Maori., scare, so when Stubbs caught sight of me I, proud of the knowledge of the language of the noble savaee, saluted him with " Tena >koe," Before I could say Jack-Robinson Stttbfct pointed the gun at me, and ye godi! then came a ,bang loud „as.. the, resurrection { . For about fire seconds I felt as if I was standing in the crater of Tongariro during an eruption, but j when, tthe;; r ainpicß cleared away I was preseni and S^uboa was away. He had utterly disappeared, ( and the inference I draw is that the jfaa ! burst, and poor Stubbs" was sent to kingdom come. I and his otbet sorrow*' J ing friends will be glad to hear of the - iwhereabouts of his remains, and if only a moderate percentage ia collected, we intend having a grand military funeral.y ,s Nothing has yet turned up, thought it'waajr *| rumored yesterday that there had been a' ' slight shower of. toe and finger nailf aft Funga flat. This, l 'however; " ia' not '' *• L ■ authenticated. Alas! poor Stnbbs. Fain Would I mutter the orison " Retpuet* cat in pace j" but it wouldn't be'.tfie*^-'*^ He does not " rest in peace," thoigh I have no doubt but that he ia resting in" pieces promiscuously; scattered; evet lhs> Tf. Cape Col ville peninsula^ -. . .•-,!• i/J.'j »:^.