FITZPATRICK'S FOLLY.

NZ Truth, Issue 173, 10 October 1908, Page 6

FITZPATRICK'S FOLLY.

Pays the Usual Penalty.

t)ofa Nicholl^ and James Fitzpatrick wished they hadn't given way ,to their guuey passions m aays agone wuen jjpra presenteayjames wren a chucKiing token o| their, indiscretion. Fitzpatrick was until recently a carter employed by iWhitcombe and Tombs, Christchurch, "according to Solicitor Malley, and had been getting £2- 5s a week. Unfortunately, the young man was married, . with one child, nineteen months old, and he got Dora into tcouble before entering in^ to the j6ys fof connubial bliss. ' The. struggle to keep ■ both his legitimate and illegitimate families had b?en great, and beyond his limited income, said counsel, m effect, and it was tasked that any order m favor of the. earlier love should, "be made a smaller ! one. m the embarrassing financial circs. Magistrate Bishop re^ fe.rred. to his usual rule of making the order .7/6 a week, although it was absurd to say .Ijhat ' any child could be kept for that sum. Counsel mentioned .that these youngsters could be kept' very cheaply, but . his Worship disagreed. Here, was a , man who . GOT TWO WOMEN INTO TROUBLE,. The first one ho jaiff" for, but the second one he married because he couldn't pay for ier v His Worship remarked that the' man might /go on and get • nearly the TVhole .of the. : women -m. the country into trouble." • ' . His Worship (to Dora)' :-i-Are you the. mother of the child ? What do you So tor a living ?— I cane chairs. ; What do ' you earn ?^-Sixteen shillings '\a week. '.': v > What do you pay for your ; board ?— •Fifteen shillings. Where is the child;?— ln the Receiving Home. . , • ' ; What do you pat for that ?—Seven-ihd-six a .week. , ■ , ; Hdw do you do ',it ?— My father pays it.v - ..■ . . " ; . ■ • •■ ; His Worship : =Y6u don't look strong, either. . I . adjudge ..defendant putative f ather .of the. child,', and^oider him to pay 7/6 per week towards its . support. Fitzpatrick was told further %o find a bond pi ±>50 that he wouldn't* run into arrears with his ■ payments. '' .r ■- ■ - ■• , i; A CRANK! Tells a Tale to "Truth." ttTruth" comes m contact with ; some strange people sometimes. One of fare latest visitors to the Ohristchurch oiance.ot this pious publication was a gentleman from Banks Peninsula, whose religious convictions were as strange as the politics of Mars. He acknowledged, frankly, "They have no time for ■me over at ue Bays," and incidentally he mentioned that m his establishment he ; had two girls who represented the Catholic' and Protestant persuasions. These dreadful females laughed at the man and made, fun of him, and the victim appealed to God the Father for adviqa. Whereupon tne Creator' replied,, tersely and with decision, ' . "KICK 'EM OUT V and out they went. Our friend sees visions, and complains.' that a prophet has no credit m his own oountry. He had & vision thirteen' years ago which impelled him to give the whole of his property, away, but his brothers stepped m and prevented the sacrifice. Some persons, according to "Truth's"' strange visicor, think of God as an a/wful and wonderful person, but he regarded Him as, his Father. This paper comes, "'in contact with gome remarkable things sometimes/