CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2652, 20 July 1887, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

DAMON AND PYTHIAS.

(to the Editor.)

Sir.—This is a cold world, yet there is one thing it believes in—the power of love. The warm affection we, often observe subsisting between two ■ artless hobbledehoys in tho tropic springtime; of their golden youth is enough tobring the dew of sentimentieven, to the, eye of a cynic. But when perfect; fondness is discovered between "two 1 elderly gentlemen, whose locks are silvered and waisibauda large, -it is sufficient to mako a wooden image weep. And yet, such tenderness once existed between the bright particular Comet of the Wairarapa .and the Evening Slump ol Wellington. These

happy; happy . . old gentlemen were fondly attached to one another.. They —so to speak—wandered about tjiis bleak and barren earth with their honest old arms, twined round each others innocent hecks,;' Their gentle, amiable, humble .hearts beat in unison,' they copied each others little?para; £jra|)l]!3,an(l , 'OiJrcoi'rc3pu'nclent3 llreports, backed thfrßSme Bonny—another nrtlpss- aiicjent' Of the same'tidnef Tliis was!? all a dap ago—bat how 1 N.pw; all ischanged. The dear old gentlemen are quite. unkind to one another.'. The Comet hurls (ride:.Wat' nrapa Cofoet, July 16.) cruel words at the Evening iSlmp^And why? .All 1 thereby r h'angr alaleT" The 'Stump, in- a ; uornent... of wad . pride, boasted that'.he' had • a larger circulation in the: Wairarapa than any of the local papers! Mine illae lacbyme I This was too cruel a stab to be borne by the meek confiding Comet. Hit the; (?omc<, villify the Comet-, kick thaComet down a flight of stairs, but doh't—ifyou vuluo innocenco and truth—don't make nasty, remarks about his eomowhat limited circulation,. And 'now, alas 1 there is;war between Da'nibu and. Pythias: the sword is drawn—the scabbard is hurled into Bpace.Ah ! well, 'tis an ill wind—but tlie proverb's somewhat.niusty. It seems, however, (the Comet and Stump having quarrelled) that tbe titne approacheth when honestmen may get their own. I am, Sir, etc., ; xxx.