"Denis " in the Southern Cross.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 30, 21 November 1905, Page 3

"Denis " m the Southern Cross.

" There's Mr Thomson, he actually towld the electors at Scott's Gap the other night that sooner than be beaten he was prepared to die m Riverton.

" ' To die m Riverton I' ses the Premier, ' surely yon have made a mistake, Denis?'

14 ' Nivir a bit of it/ ses I, « for here's his very words : < I have made Riverton my home, and I intend to live and die there.' That's plain enough, Richard. " ' It is that, Denis, and I must have a ohat with Mr Macpherson and see if we can't checkmate this clever bit of strategy. What do yoa recommend Denis ? '

" < Well, Mac ought to go onebetther,' seal.

" • Yes, but how V ses the Premier.

" * Well,' ses I, ' he might promise to live at Riverton an' die at Otautau an' be ' waked' at Wrey's Bush an' buried at Nightcaps, an' thin he'd catch votes at all these places.' "