A DISCREDITABLE AFFAIR.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1508, 13 October 1883, Page 4

A DISCREDITABLE AFFAIR.

Tim following account of a most (lisfHitalilo affair is furnished by a correspondent of the Hawke's Bay Herald:—" I happened to bo walking in tho cemetery to-day when a poor woman, fnintic with grief, asked me whiit she should do. She had come fo pay her Sunday visit to the grave, of her little girl, who had been buried ahniit, a your. Bine tho burial die anthoritips had inquired if the parents intended to buy tho grave, and the answer was in the affirmative; but, being poor people, they have hitherto been unable to do so, This moniin? the poor mother whs horrified to find Hie grave, of her child open and empty, while the coffin had been taken out, mid lay on the grass out of tho way. Is there n single exenso or reason that can justify such a proceeding in the, free and humane colony of New Zealand f

THE TUNNEL. • - .——-» , "I hnlo a tunnel 1" tho mai'don said, And closer to the drummer drew; " They always make mo feel afraid Of some disaster; don't they you ?" And then the drummer shook his mane, "You're Biilo enough with mo," said he; "Whatever happens to tho tram, You always can roly on mo I" And, with ear-splitting whistle's shriek, Tho tram plunged in tho black abyss; Tho drummer sought her blooming cheek, And frescoed it with manly kiss, Emboldened by her sweet alarm, As on they loro through that eclipse, He laid her head upon his arm, ' And fieizod ut dado en her lips, "Ah, mo!" tho maiden smiled, As alio arranged her tumbled toll, And once again the sunbeams filed In at tho window whoro they sat;' " Ah, me I for onco iliat horrid pest Whs rabbe.'l nf (very startling fear. I thank ynu for your interest; Excuse mo, sir; I get off hero I"' And so sho left him drowned in sighs, And on the sea of soft dreams toss'd, Of her sweet lips and pure, bright oyes, So quickly named and quickly los'-. To dream ! but, ah, at last, to wako, And learn that in the luunel's din, Sho seizod upon hor chauco to lako His watch and chain and diamond pin,