HE BLEW THE BUGLE.
A small party of young men wore standing on the corner of a; street : the .other evening. .They were curiously examining a bugie belonging to one of them, and as a stranger came along an,.:animated discussion arbse 'j-Zv !>[]
"I wish I could play on it," said one, ' •
"Play onitf" exclaimed another " I wish J could make a noise on it."
" It's.a hard..thihg to do,"- observed a third r i Hard thing to ,do.f, .chimed inithe granger, halting, and-, regarding, the 'the party" j why, I could a foot high." ' >•" Well, /some biigto; ;are. -different from others," said one of the young: men. •: - ' • ' !
." Oimmejlhat btigle," said the stran-; ger excitedly. V It was . immediately handed. him'.and, putting itfo h« lips, he. made one "trial trip, Theft ..wasa subdued splutter/, and'then the sfiiiiger commenced akindief war dance, Bt the sametime holding his'mouth in both ■hands. : :: i '■ he yelled, with tears streaming from - his eyes. "Who.filled that mouthpiece 1 with cayenne pepper f. .
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1492, 25 September 1883, Page 2
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164HE BLEW THE BUGLE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1492, 25 September 1883, Page 2
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