THE MAN FROM MEXICO.

NZ Truth, Issue 120, 5 October 1907, Page 4

THE MAN FROM MEXICO.

GIVEN THE CRUEL TURN*

DOWN.

Chucked by a Christcnurcn

Tart.

Back, Back, Back to Mexico.

A lot of romance is woven round the lass that is alleged to have loved a sailor, but the unfortunate., nay, the cruel part of the business is thai the lassies, the real lovable, sweet and tender kind, have never been seen m the flesh. The sort of tart that does hanker after Jack ashore is a "hullo lovey" sort of nocturnal nymph, who looks for Jack with great glee, as it means a'rorty drunk for her. This week, however, "Truth" has been supplied with full particulars concerning the real thing m the lass that loved the sailor line. He isn't a sailor m reality ; he's a cook, but as he cooks on a boat that doesn't make much difference. Now. this cook comes from the Vadeiiand, and he learned to love and

COURTED A LITTLE FRAULEIN" down at Christohurch, who vowed fealty to him and promised to be ever his own true darling, who, m a sort oi Grace Darling kind of way, would watch for every steamer and yearn for his return, and if the awful occasion ever arose, would rush to his rescue m a life-boat. Her sailor boy sailed the world and got to Mexico, where he was confident of. making a pile. There she used to write him that she loved him as of yore, and though she sort of threw cold water on herself and expressed the possibility of her boy meeting some little Senorita whom,., he might learn to love better than she, 'still . she told him that she was true to him and would remain so for all time. Then the sailor boy, or the cook

BEGAN TO FEEL LONELY. . At night-time his thoughts wandered away to the flat little eltr en the Avon, and he determined to come 9,900 miles to claim his own true .love.' All the way from Mexico did he come, and found, alas and alack ! that his little fraulein had ••■one cold on him. He found that she was not the only pebble on the beach, that, m a word, there were others. He got the turn-down badly. She loved her home, her mother, her sisters and Hex brothers far better than she loved her sailor boy. who ha* come nearly 10,000 miles to claim her hand and to lay his big bubbling heart at her tootseys. He didn't like one or mart of the family, and consequently. ' tho family that wasn't liked got on* home on him, and the last thing ha heard was that he needn't come hangjag round and to return presents and photos and to go back to" Mexico and court the Mack-eyed Senorifcas ; m fact,, do anything but wake love to his lass at Christchurch. The German "Jack" is of course, heart-brok-en, and is making the most of his sad plight, and has come to "Trvth" and poured into its sympathetic cars an account of his unfortunate love affair, and requesting that the girl, who he says is g good girl aad works hard, should be exposed and shook up and lots <$t other things. "Funny thing, isn't it, that "Truth" should be used to patch up love affairs, or to smash 'em up. Nevertheless, w« can't very well name the girl, but it's a bit rough on the young chap that she should have kept "kidding" to him and to have brought. him

ALL THE WAY FROM MEXICO only to throw, him over. It : s the way with girls. They do twist a man about. Anyhow, the young chap is going back to Mexico to make J his fortune and there to forget the faithless little Fraulein of Christchurch. It's the best thing he can do under the circumstances. Better, a Senorita, who does know how to love, than a Christchurch gill who ia only "kidding." ' .