A BEASTLY BLUDGER.

NZ Truth, Issue 116, 7 September 1907, Page 6

A BEASTLY BLUDGER.

L Man Swims the Avon to Escape ij the Toils. h

There are a class of rotters m iChristchurch who deserve a term m fcaol, and a long term at that. ,Vbey ifigure among the non-n-oducers of dhe community, a class >>f. vmiyh '•unfortunately, there is far 'too .many. They are parasites of. the '.iworst class, imsmuch as they loaf : .on the prostitutes of thp town, and \act as their bludgers. Little vWork f 'do they do if they can help it ; so ;Jong as the depraved women of the Icity work for them they care* .'-not ';» jot. Some of these low-downspon-ers arc rmu n m under the vagi now- andi again, but there are many who seem to be able to steer clear of quod. /The ordinary Flossie generally seems /to • niana'ge to pick up gilded country /coots for an evening's flirtation, and •v.lhsy as often as not adjourn to ' |,the nearest puht'oery for a drink. WiThe movements of the lady are as ■often as not watched by,her "boy,," -or more than cne of him from -a-con-venient spot, and if the prospects ;Qook good they, subsequently way-vJ-iy tha poor coot and go through „i.im m royal style. Then they get laway and cut up the proceeds beftween all three. Fluently .thei'-rob- / ?;ed ; man makes complaint to^ the , ': police., but as he is often too&runk |.to know, his assailants again,^or the tp-irl m whose company he had besn, 'I .the officials are powerless to bring s it-he blackguards to justice-: But a i couple of individuals who appear :to . live on this kind of thing ■'. i GOT A FACER [

'ithe other night that they -never ex-; J.pected, and they are thinking- about ; | it vet. The usual thing happened. A\ f.,man who was evidently doing the , yj^KSvn was _ecu-jO_d by the .usual • ' siruwipci,' and after the usual con£,versalaon they had the usual glass of ; i.wine. Then they -proceeded •■•along) that j [favorite rendezvous, the river bank, .( [but whethsr for an immoral purpose j 'isn't known. However, after a bit! \a couple of men came up to {them j •::nd- made as if to grab the man. 'But' »i-_ was too quick for them. He had ;.heard of their kind before, and made a, rush for the riveti, and boldly jumping' m, swam to the other - side. It "Was a cold swim, as a matter of course, but; the intended victim was extremely glad to get clear wafth his oof- Then he made his way. to the 'pub again, where he arrived dripping, and narrated his experience [to an astonished barman. His little wad of notes were wet, as a matter of course, but one of them wasn't too •damp to change, and the resultant gs-o was much appreciated- The rext -iiime that bloke visits the city he will, -give a Wide herjth to loving, aanorous ptrange women, especially, if they appear to have bludgers travelling m their wake. Tha river tiarik is a great haunt of this class of gentry, (and it is a. pity they weren. t caught •now and again and given a^cold bath fthefiisel?es. Perhaps sdffie of them mtA a bath', aflyfcowv '*