A SHREWD SIMPLETON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1380, 16 May 1883, Page 2

A SHREWD SIMPLETON.

The West Australian js rpspqnsjblefor tl|6 follpwlng MpJ.Jifflp.F; chant heard of 'mm highly dMlf. blocks in the Northern Territory which he determined to take up. jWab a good many forms to fill in for forwarding to the Land Offiqp.a>.Adelaide, and seeing that the first'applicant always gets the preference it was desirable to be particularly carefiilwat no one )ike)y to ma]{p pse of. jilni? i ,l TS F '* , Bl d B^.^%™" as to boundaries of wine 1 the merchant was possessed, and which "would havp ' to appear in InV'appjicatiqiisi/'M ! |g picked"aijongsj )}U clerks a s|pcK;headed officp' |ad najneij. '.jasqn tyjfe B^ .'(pg! f|e stupidest man in hjsemplpj, likely tq be fj)e safest.' !l m% Jason, the forms, and showpAim how to fill in the descriptions, When evening carao •Taaon had not finished his task, which caused the merchant some annoyance,, as ;the mail.leftifor Adelaide that night. Next morning the work was done, and the applications were despatched by the first opposite .In time a reply WftS ff» ceived to the effect "that 'tMafl(Lh'W already been tftken up. jswuiriej - elicited tjje kformatign 'tjiaj fr£'?]s cessfulappljeant|.ffflsa th?;..w'flf J«, Seized" with\ well, picions, the "merchant' sought'lijil office; lad, and asked him' whether he had any relatives of the same name as himself, and whether he had furnished such relatives with information respecting the applications he had .'filled in 1 I'No/ said the boy, with .the utmost coolness,' i I*'feof S)Q las| jm m|ffi. 'Then you pe jerbpfj• ehpil'gji'lff A transfer'it at once ft jne,' rgpljed. _ mi, merchant, boiling over .with, rage, 'I 1 shall do nothing of the kind,' answered Jason. Thereupon Jason wassummah ily expelled. -The youth' Had^deal patched his own: applications on the day he received the forms, taking'cafe'"' . that his master's should not be ready for that mail, In order to pay the deposit he had ttfbppw 1200, which he had sfli&'llpuj^'jirM,'''''!' day or frflffl . the merit's office' he presented him: self top*-,creditor,/and.a'skeii him turned£SAhjvl shall Jie/only too g|d,' paid the •latter^J!eJL„witlioutj in- ; terest.' f : WUh4mtfiiest ?No fe/ar!' said Jason/Tllfo Si&ng - r down, he'Vroto' out a cheoiie for a thousand pounds, A little larerj/e had '.. married a wife'and for Eng- ■ land, taßng with him #i§,(Joo, which he .had tion," r . V ' .