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THE GOST O' THE BROKEN HED STOEZ.

MiZTUK E»DtxOß,— Wuz rx urer woked phrom eh gud slepe suddont? Iph knot. I wuz. It okkurred this wey. Tiz me eelphdont guoboufc what owr ; butt twuz worrey lait anni hou. 'This is hou it okkurred : ao i Lownd a slope thare kern eh man m the nex rum. Wei an,gud, iph her did, . her started reedn. a Lowd 4 with. Lor saiv uz, aez i, startn up wid me eers koked, whats that at -all P Kno anser, an i listns m grait all arum howidn phast me breth for pheer.- Turnin 1 eer up an toiher 1 doun bee turns i Karphuliee listns aggin; then the 2 eors up j but it baits mcc al 2 peaces phbr 2 mak ewt ther hole buzniz. Me hed aiked lik nothin al ovur mcc. Wei, sez t 2 mcc seph, what on crbh 1 mguge is hee reedn owt ov ? Butt tuo i sed this, i sed nothin att al, except m me mynd insyde nice, phbr tern -r wuz al ovur owtsid: mcc. Sez i 2 meeaelph onct mower, what doz al this mane? Then bee kute listnin i meka out that there wuz gno inglish m it what aura uver. Gno mower wuz these wee wee az the mooryz sez. Sob it ainfc gno phrincb. Beedad, sez i, it must bee Ould Irifh owr.duch, owr jarman owr meybei Rooshun. I givs up the so lushnn for a badd jobb. Butt the man next rum peltz a wey like phrenzy at the saim an i owt o' me Witts an breth 2. Whatz his intenshuns is the nox jthing i axes me selph ? In tUe disturbd ataitV me branea an tumbin stait o' me bodii an aikin p' me myHd it bait me to k.oer the questshun equair at aL But eh thawt hitz me that it wuzut eh hewmun bying troo wuz thair, Then sez i thair ia raison m the tbawt | fur rite enouff i kornminced to gett easy when i konkloodeo that it wuz eh gost. Some peplegctfc halph mad bee gostz ; but phar othur wizj wid me. Why iz the gost gettyn j on that sthrange wey, aeziP What iz hiz meaning, an i wuznt eh bitt pbritend.now ? Has, scz i at last, i har the so lushun o' the hole misthery. TooJoy i passed bee that brokn grair yaard bee the rode down m Patherangy, neer Alexandra. Wei and goin i Seen the hole plaiso tora 2 peaces most dissgraisphull fur 2 luk att. Kattle n horces an i spozj piggs an shape an etsetheras eeemed 2 make this burrl ptaise thare play grownd. Baists o' the pheeld 2 be thus dessekrating the bony and hed stony and nemmori of the bray D*d. O murther what eh shaim ! I phelt worry onaisy novr on the subjokt of the brokon t hed etons o' timber lyein a bowt unther the legs o' the baisfcs, an the oatle kikt and tramped a bowfc shaim« phull. J seen m mo mynd the bony like bedye reddy to ba ex pored 2tu and 2 ; cry for shelther 2 the publik passen bee i the woy. Gno dowt at ai, sez i, the boddy an bones o' the gost nex door is now ill trated m the manner a 4 .sed. Thats the kause or htm resdn'and disshturbn me m this onoatnrat wey. Sob, sea I, whats 2 bee dun m the mather? Evident tho gost must b:e appaizsd. I kepp pouthtrin about thus, and main tyae her kepp quyto enouff. Faith aez i, ile tel v what ile do, ile rite to the nex Papoc at hand whioh iz Ham* miltun, an ile tel him the. hole storey | widdout a turn anni. wey. This rcz >lr wuz irorry gud, plaz«n to tho g»t } and I coaifo tin 2 me. As i rez >lved this wey th» beebayriour o 1 ras jjostly riz-tur wuz werry eddyfien. Twuz klear heo wua plazaii. JMow the raanin o' th-j ritin Si v kan bee kollekted phrom all heer 2 four menshuned. Bee ure publish-n this thrubble some kaie, may bea publik m« dignaishun wud riza upp and shaim sum Gudd Fallers o' the VVyoatto 2 bs com Bother Foiiers bee reptring the dossokritad Barril Ground o T the br »iy sogers that is borriei m Patherangy neer \logsandrew, and insyde tbe pbence or eh jarum, m phul ru o' the^ hy rode, an ownly a phu yaards phrom i l -. Me steps kum bak when i wttz dua, makin me rezjlushun, the rood wuz stoppb 2, and when i woked nex marnin, I rood upp me mynd that the gost wud gnot be oblyged 2 ftoed gno mower 2 phriten me out o* mo slepe ; that iz, iph ritin 2 a wad kuro the dissgrase o 1 the broken grair y*ard an the konsekquent onaissineie o* bho poor gost. Filers m the lan o f th« inn shud be gudd enouff 2 luk wid moar kare aither the poor kold homes o' th« deeparted brair. Au, hou worry selphiih w manni people ! Mey bee tbe dey wil kum whsn the gosts o' selphish heer will bee m knede o' ahelther and k»ro and eh phondhan 2 look 2 the reparin o 1 there brokin hed atons, taampt unto mmoot pieces o 1 timber, bee tho kattle and al the etsetheras a 4 menshuned. Miztur Eddytor, f tho Rost \?. now waten the rczzult o this komtniuukashu-i — r am tot, Bbokin SLsya. l am>

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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 763, 8 May 1877, Page 2

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THE GOST O' THE BROKEN HED STOEZ. Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 763, 8 May 1877, Page 2

THE GOST O' THE BROKEN HED STOEZ. Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 763, 8 May 1877, Page 2

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