JIM THE MILKER.

NZ Truth, Issue 103, 8 June 1907, Page 6

JIM THE MILKER.

Some time ago I told yer that the brasses wife (Madam Sharkey) had power riot only to raise the spooks of dead coves, but also to compel the living souls to appear before her, of jockers which were not dead. Accordingly,, a few days since a large body of scientists, the pick of New Zealand,- met at me house to see what was to be done m the spook raising industry. When they were all seated, yer could have heard a pin fall. Their eyes were almost- jumping out of their heads and their lugs were laid back, the silence ,was painful. At last Stive bosses wife appeared. She was clothed m pure white, and yer could see a halo around her head. She sat down for a few minutes, then before yer could say Jack Robinson, she tumbled three back somersalts m the air, livnidm-g on her feet clean and decent. She then informed the push that she was imder the control of a coot named John the Baptist, that uswl to around the K entry, stuffing himself with- locusts and other curious tucker. Yer must of heard of him, He used to give swimming execibiiaons m the river Jordan', , and generally conducted himself m a way that would get him three months' hard graft if. ho went up hefore.Dr. McArthur. Well, Madam demanded the s.oul of Holy Moses Killjoy North <to appear and he had to come. A queer little thing it was, so strange that a great nrofessor _said can that be the sole of Holy Moses North, tlve cove . with t-he loud vewee 1 -' ami great belly. lOxtraofdi<nary; SJblm the Baptist' then took the job on hand, speaking through madam, :l saying, Now, Moses 'North, tell me 1 what are yer doing to reform the people. I hoar that yer raging about nothing m particular, and raking m tbe 'dollars, it-ill yer bank account is 'nearly busted. What can yer say why yer should [not be sent ter hell? Nothing, 1 says the sole, hut gambling, no-thing else. Two-op. Anymore ? Yes; rtwrink. Here madam came out of her trance, [and .taking up a pair of candle-snuff-ers', s miffed out t-he splc of Blatherskito North, ar.i:l so mote' it be. Sometime since I challenged Dr. Jim' Cfibb to let me have his pulpit for one Sunday, when' I would fill his Church to overflo-winpe. So far there has l-een. no rasp-onse -from Jim Giibb. Now the bosses wife (Madame Sharkey) has taken it into her head "to preach, and she hereby authorises me to ask m a civil manner will Holy- Moses Kiljoy North give his pulpit to Madam just for one Sunday, ar.d if he does this yer can have no doubt that Madam will have the whole- weight oE the business m her favour. She /will also trivc tbJ3. collections to /the poor of tho city, which is something- that Holy Moses Kiljoy North will never do. If any of the ..jackals aforsaid wish to respond to the challenge of the bosses wife and me, let them not : fy the same through "Truth," tvhsn we will at once put the job iv hand; *

JIM THE MILKER