COULD'T FIND HIMSELF.
Tho Boy. J. F. Goldio caused aome amusement at a missionary meeting ia ■'■' the Centonary Uall at Sydney las. . week, by his story of a Solomon Inlander, shrewd enough to outwit tho,.-.'; commander of H.M.S. Royalist. There > had boon trouble. One, Pendro, h&_ been piling up skulls at an abnormal - rate, and 11.M.5. Royalist was sent to>;. capture and hang him. As tho tare • landed, tho warrior met them. "Do you know Pendro?" ho Ws*ik asked. "Yes, J know him well." "Do you know where ho is?" "Well, what <io-< you want him for? I might bo able to find him," was the cautious reply. "Wo have como to hang him. Find him, and we will pay you well." "For throe weeks," said thomi-Bionary, "Pendro lived on the Royalist right royally, and all that time he was searching lor, but failed in tho end to find himself. Ami tho vessel loft without „_."
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13063, 13 March 1908, Page 6
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