A HEAVE OFFERING.

Clutha Leader, Volume 1, Issue 52, 8 July 1875, Page 3

A HEAVE OFFERING.

A fellow, called,. upon a "Friend/ , avowedly to trash him. " Friend/ remonstrated the' Quaker, " before thou proceedest to chastise me wilt thou not takejsome dinner?", The;bully was a glutton, and at once consented, washing down the solids with libations of strohg : ale. ; He then rose up ' to fulfil his . original errand — " Friend," .said the Quaker, "wilt thou not taken some punch-?"^— And . he. .supplied, abundance of punch. . The buily,;riow staggering/ attempted to thrash his entertainer. But; quoth the other — "Friend, jwilt thou not take a pipe ?" This hospitable offering was accepted, and the bully, utterly weak, -staggered across the room to chastise the Quaker!-' - The latter, opening the window, and puliing him ' towards it, thus addressed him— • " Friend, thou comest hither not : to be pacified. . . I . gave . thee a meat offering , but chat did not assuage thy rage. I gave, thee a drink offering ; still tho<.wert bsSMje thyself. :,.: I ;g,av,e, thee a burnt offering ; neither did that suffice/ /'And h^/wwllltl try thee with a Heave, .'^c^^n^^^ithv^atr/he tossed him but of itjie , window. That sufiicedhiira. , '-. .v., .... ■ M - ■;-.'--■■■■-.- k : *■"•■ :•;