The Menace of the Small
MR DOOT.EY'S OBSERVATIONS.
" An' T sigh f'r the' {row! old days bohire u-a become what calls a H-iimilrl power. Tn thim dav.s our favourite spoort was plavin' solytaw Avinnfn' money from oaoh other an n f) one was -fair Vorso off. ivory body was invioim iv ~s. Wo didn't enro f'r th' 7,f«r W me goin' on in tli' corner. When it broke up in a row we said: 'Gintlemen, gintlemen!' an' wint over an grabbed somebody's stake But wo couldn't stand it any longer. "We [ lincl to give up our simplo little Sam 1V mtienee an' cut into th' ntlior deal. An' now bv hivens, wo ■Iwiro no peace iv mind. Wan hand jvo have wan partner: another Land Jos anrnmst us. This minyit th' V t, tl , m ,° nr - ro Pl-rvin' Aether. , and T'm to ],„' him what a line lead ilint was: th' nox t an > ] w i s a£rfn m<> nn nsW mo kindly not to look at his hand. There ar-re no friends nt cards or wurruld pollvtieks TV doa] c-hann;o,, , n » , vhnj stm . t<l(l ;|s a rnndly r t! , mo \ v vo > 01 . no ;^ ll>m)p «'iihls ~„ with an old ally entohin' me nnllin' an nee out iv me hoot an' u-h'iM;m' me over th' lo:ul with a. bottle."
/'Sure thim Utile fellows would '»v- "TV likes fv them'" "WolT." s,nfd Mr Pooler "'tis Ivmu™ fl,e v n ,,_,,, so ,; tt , p vfi , w ""(■■ to l)e p-lifo in thim. A birr »i:,n know.-- be don't bnvo to fMlf J.'.t wi-;., : , ~,,„ ,- s i;» flo nn > lrn -, ri ; hes bttle :,„' ;, tWnHn' all the M,;,,!;;.,' bo's little, look '" : ; r him.''
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 February 1912, Page 4
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275The Menace of the Small Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 February 1912, Page 4
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