BOB GUEST'S BLUNDER.

NZ Truth, Issue 131, 21 December 1907, Page 7

808 GUEST'S BLUNDER.

— i, . _» — The arm of the law is horribly long, even for venial offenders, as Robert William Guest found recently. Somebody used horrible language to jhim on the Dunedin-Port Chalmers railway, and Bob repeated it by saying, "What ? Call me a blankety hlank blanking blanker ! ! Let me at the blanky blank !" Unfortunately for Boh, a bohby heard him, and didn^t hear the original user of the blanky, hence Robert found himself under arrest. This didn't suit Robby, however, and as the express was hurling along, at the delirious pace of 25 miles an hour, the apprehended person jumped from the carriage window,' to the horror bf the passengers. A party went back to pick up Guest's remains, but they found the scenery unhltftted by his carcase, and came to the conclusion that he had been cut up into very small pieces indeed. '* Meanwhile, Roberto hit out for Wellington, where he was duly arrested, and charged with the old offence. Bob simplified matters by pleading gurilty, andi as /'Tec McGrath put m a good word for him by saying he had merely repeated the obsceneties of another person, and was a hard-working individual with a weakness for the great colonial adjective, Magistrate Riddell let him off with a £1 fine.