Please Read The P.S.!

Northern Advocate, 21 February 1939, Page 2

Please Read The P.S.!

Towai, Bay of Islands. Dear Kupe, As I have not written for some time I have quite a lot to tell you. Firstly, I could quite cheerfully have put you to a slow and “torturous” death when you put that letter of mine in the paper! However, Mrs Hansen only laughed. I had my friend Thelma staying with, me for the last fortnight of the Christmas holidays and I tell you, Kupe, we had some rare times. We went to the/Returned Soldiers’ Wienie at Russell and we had rflore fun. that day, I think, than ever before .in lives. Russell is a quaint little town, isn’t it? With its dozens of little laries and drives that all lead to the place like, a Chinese We went from Taumerere to Russell hy laiufcfi, and it w.as great. When we arrived at Russell, Thetma ana I discovered that we had left our, swim suits in the bus at Taumerere. However we managed to get a suit each from some Towaiites who were also there, and in the afternoon we went over the hill to the golden sands and the great breakers of Long Beach, There is, you know, on the summit of a hill overlooking the Russell waterfront and town, the flagstaff which daring old Hone Heke cut down three times (I think!). Black Bess and Nigger only got a third each at Hukerenui Show. I didn’t come anywhere for riding. Dad says it is because I’m not, a good enough rider for shows, but Uncle (who is a jolly good sport) says it was because I didn’t wink at ... Well, you know the rest! ' Good-bye for now, A Loyal Maiden, KITTY ALLAN.

I FORGOT I! I , . ?'} Mrs Hansen gave me a pair of black bantams. They are all' right just now, but I .can see some fights as soon ag they discover Mum’s garden! You knew that lovely ginger kitten, of mine that was up there-—it’s down here now and it’s now a lovely ginger cat* They say that while, sleeping you grbw—if that holds true this kitten will be- as big as a St. Bernard. But it’s very young yet. Oh, Kupe, it was funny! (not for me, though). I’ll try to describe this so that you can imagine it and as much as the others. We have a stray black cat here which has never been used to fowls, so of course when ,thp bantams came, it thought they were meant for ignorant blabk cats to It chased the bantam henandlcMgefl it, and I have not punished a cat: so I didn’t quite know • b about it.' I lifted my hand it, and it lifted a pair of. pleading “cat’s” eyes to mine, and" I couldvlii# kicked myself. “Aw, shucks,”l sahl, ,“I guess it’s only natural*” So I gave puss a rather mild shake and let him scamper off. When T fold the Chook said, “What were you do to it, anyway?” and I. Said "“Spank ■ it, of course,” and they aU laughing till I felt quite stupid! ; Kupe, do people spank cats? I want to know. • ‘ How are Princess, and the."S3?. Give them my regards please.— K*;~r ■ ♦ • ♦ • •• m . * . ‘ . . ‘ - ' s(I like the “books,” anyway; Kitty. With those dreadful' threats- Tm beginning to regret, teachings you to use a printing most of this top! Perhaps we’d better ask., the S.P.C.A. if people should.:Spank cats. Some dor-the fpy example.—Kupe). j ..