According to a ghillie, the savage snarl of the wild cat is seldom heard in Highland glens now. Bagpipers have to tune their instruments by guesswork.
The police sergeant in the country town sent for a constable and lectured him severely. "You’ve been in the force now for 12 months,” he said, ■‘and never once have you brought in a case of any kind.” The constable hung his head. “Now," said the sergeant, “I'm willing to give you one more chance. Squire Daly has phoned to say that someone is stealing his apples. Go up ther tonight and catch the thief.” About midnight the waiting constable saw a man walking along with a sack over his shoulder. He pounced on him, opened the sack, and found a quantity of valuable silver. “H’m.” he murmured. "My mistake. But you can thank your lucky stars it wasn't apples. 1 ’
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 April 1938, Page 4
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