PURSUING THE PROSSY.

NZ Truth, Issue 152, 16 May 1908, Page 6

PURSUING THE PROSSY.

Kate Brown Boobed.

The. way of the profisy is hard' iii : CHttistchurchu. Kate Brown is an elderly '■, transftressar wrfch a face like a weatht-r---j beaten pie-melon, and when she came o'is of a:aol recently resorted to the comparative darkness of Tuam-strcet to conceal her dial from the lewd men who >rb there for questionable purposes. Unfortunately for. Kate, the puritanical Dush were responsible for the presence m the thoroughfare mentioned by Bobliics Fender and Ingram, and the woman was 'trapped m an attempt to lead the youn,^ tmen astray. A female cf her age and ex- ". perience miirhi be expected to identify La policeman if the night were as hlacic las the inside of a cow, and her percapnjive faculties must certainly be fefilinp; iher. Peuder was* of course, m plain clothes when Kate sidled up to him with a winsome grin^ and remarked. "Hullo, duckie ; are you coming for a walk t" Pender was interested. "Where are you going V* he asked. "On to the sec- ! tioß, 1 ' she replied, with a confidential leer. -^ Ingram came along at this stfaEO and Kate realised thafe fortune was smi-I-inE on her. "Give me a sljtlliinf," Ac remarked to the ns:«ajomer. ' "Gh, you're too old," said Ingram, m renlv. Kato replied, ' m musical terms, and added, "You go a-wav ; I want this man." and she GRASPED THE WILLING PENDER by the arm. "What for ?" asked Fender. > Kate then mentioned something blushful, and found herself under arrest. ,'Both peelers testified to the above parikxiaxs, and Kate asked them m vain if it was not true that they stuck her up. >-and sought to sin with her. 'I'm sorry rthat it happened," she said to Magistrate Day. "He as lenient as you can, Sir. I've just come out alter doiag two months." His Warship inspected Kate's record and sent her uo for another month. Th£ virtue oi Christchurch has again been vindicated.