CIGARETTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2672, 12 August 1887, Page 2

CIGARETTES.

(From tho Evening Press.) Whose advice should they take? Do you think this proposal for Sir George Grey to go homo to bring out special settlers would work? •■■ Hum-it might, but thon on tho other hand it mightn't! I think a good many people would liko Sir. Georgotogo, and chance it! And it wouldn't break their hearts if ; honever came back? .. No, I dare say they'd try and bear-' up even against such a torriblomisfortateasthat! ; There's a lot of fight in tho old man. yet? Any amount of it! Do you notice how he's dogging Stout's footsteps; and wiping him olean out wherovor'hegoes? ,' Aye, and if he goes to he'll mop tho floor with him on %. own ground! Stout hasn't tho ghojA of a show against Grey as a LiberaP leader! , No, nor any other sort-'of leader I Stout and Balance's little plot against Vogel is thoroughly blownupon.isn'jnt? Oh, yeS", completely? But do you think Stout is in it ? Don't you think ■ it's Ballanco's own idoa ? •;.. Well, it's quite in his style! It's exactly what he tried to do with Grey in.1879, only Groy. was too smart for him! ' i Took him by the slack of his breeohes and hove him out of tile Ministry! •Yes, Sir George stood a good lot, buiho drew the lino at being calledja " liar, a traitor and a coward, in Bap lance's Wellington rag f He canJß' ; ,-down torn Auckland hotfoot and * bundled' Balance out neok and crbjjf: ■ But'Bal'lance swore he hadn't written it! I ■ Oh, of course! Bless you, he neverdoes write these pleasing little jeM-', d'esptltl It isn't Ballance ' who's! making these attacks on Vogel now... Who is it, then? ....;■ • The candidate that he supports am - •the newspapersi'lie.is oonhected withl ■' fchat'salll ,:; _ W. Ah, I see Hutchison," wJo ? Htanrf4 mg against Bryce at,W4ta, called Vogel " a reckless.glmljer, and : on<L' who plays witluoMfee 1" That!" pi;etty warm, ish*t itf "Y r l '•■ p. ""•Yea, it's. ..tfee foulest' thing th(«|

bipn said in the elections yet! But Bailance is backing Hutchison through thick and thin all the samo! Felix McGuire's pledged up to tho eyes to go against Vogel too! Yes, and there's another of Balance's pets! Oh, he's -working it splendidly I ■.. , '-' . ,\Vhy doesn't Vogel kick him to Old Nick, -as- drey did .?.'•. ... Wellt.-you. sea, poor, old jVogel's •rathorxdiffereritly - situated'-!"- Grey frightened -Balkucoout of his-''.'living skilllhtfinorii'etit he looked;at hhn I He told lnm he- didnt eai'e if it broto ■tip $9 Ministry, he!d have. hiioiit I 'But Vogel can ? t do that, and Stout fon't help,him! • .Why'doesn't Vogel resign? That ■would put the o'iier fellows in a precious fis! : It would so ! That's what he ought to do, But ho's afraid he'd never get in again if he did!. 'Ah, dearboy, I'm afraid these chaps fo& find life all beer and skittles I - Wo; I don't suppose there aro many moro miserable men in Nov/ Zoakml at tho-present" moment than Stout and Vogel-"!-- ' Yot thcro aro any riunibor of coves ready to jump intb.thoir shoes! -•" Whei'o angol's fear to tread" Eh ? Puff.