A PRO. PERSON.

NZ Truth, Issue 131, 21 December 1907, Page 6

A PRO. PERSON.

A Sort of Superiah Cuss. The potency of beer is remarkable. It answereth for a lot of crimes, so moral statisticians say, and included m the list is that of drunkenness. Men get wined on their own money, and incidentally make others wined also • or they may go to town "without a bean m their pants pocket and still get drunk-; they get drunk, anyhow. If a man is wealthy, all right. He can tank as much as he likes, and never feel the inside of a police cell, nut the poor devil of a fellow who doesn't wear a good suit and a good shave has all the worst of it. Graham Roberts is a Christchurch toff, with cash, or used to have, and he was roped m to marry a pretty girl of rein- . deer slimness, who boasts Jewish nobility as ancestors, and who bears herself witli the I dignity of an uncrowned queen. He gives her £250 a year, which isn't a bad allowance at all. The remainder of his income is dealt with m a fitful manner, . so to speak. The other day Roberts appeared at the Christchurch Police Court to show cause why a prohib. order shouldn't be issued against him. He agreed to it m ' A STORMY SORT OF MANNAH, and asked how long would it be before he was fixed up. "Fix him up, Mr Scully," said Magistrate Bishop, and the gentleman was fixed up accordingly. Goodness knows how many drinks'he had m that morning, 'but as soon as he got his blue paper he flewafler his wife and Lawyer Slater and whistled them to stop. They stopped, but went on through Chancery Lane. Then lie made a coo-ec with great effort, and thc front couple hauled up or_-e again, while the drinky husband vclhd/ "Why don't you wait ?" They wailed: It must have been a thirsty afternoon for Roberts, but that doesr tit concern anybody. The Raphaels trent ■extra proud of their relative, myhow. Thc gentleman i.s now beastjy, sob*! 1 .,