BROWN'S BRUTISHNESS.

NZ Truth, Issue 177, 7 November 1908, Page 4

BROWN'S BRUTISHNESS.

EVADING MAINTENANCE ORDER.

Cruel, Callous Conduct;

Walter E. Brown is a contemptible coot who, having bad his lustful way with a young woman named Ada Louis •'Ellis, endeavors, to shirk the responsibility of providing, for' his ill%i imate offspring, a bonny little boy, lie it said, of some three years old, whose appearance isi a credit to the mother, and would charm the hearts of most members' of the feminine sex. Walter .appeared before Mr Riddell, S.M., on Monday on a charge of having got into arrears with, his payment's, and a claim 'was also' made for. the confinement expenses, which, it was alleged, 'Walter had not paid. Mr H. O'Leary appeared -for complainant, v and Mr Dix (o 'Regan and Dix) for Walter, ■ who put m an application to vary -tne order on the ground that complainant had since married, and consequently her husband had become liable "fair the child's support/. Mr O'Leary opposed the < application to vary the order, ard pointed out that compiainant had tniy been married a few months, and, unfurtunatcly, her husband , was taken to the hospital on the day follow hvg the tnari'U&e owing to suffering from appen<-. . . m consequence of this complaint hu'oby liad been unable to resume his occupation and the circumstances were, such, he argued, as ■ warranted his Worship' in s REFUSING^ THE APPLICATION. In the course of evidence Walter, who has also got married and keeps a ■ boartiinghpuse in' the vicinity of Vivian-street, and appears to be m a: prosperous way, stated, that he -had paiid -the confinement expenses, and this portion of the case was practically dismissed. Mr Dix put up 'a great fight i. on Walter's behalf and strenapuslv eodeavored to convince his Wra|prn that the application to vary was just , t and should be granted, ;, but Beak Riddell ruled against him. Still 1 , Mt Dix •had the satisfaction of securing a reduction of the order from 7s 6d to 3s. 6d, which,., however, is distinctly hard on the. unfortunate mother.. . v The case is a little out of the ordinary; as when, on a previous occ&siou, he was arrested for. disobeying tire maintenance order, Walter denied his identity, and told, the police, -when he ,*as snavelled, that hia name was Douglas. However, Dr. McArthur considerately sent Walter to gaol for a month en that occasion. ■•■.■.'■-.' The. following extracts from letters sent by the , affectionate Walter •to th« child's mother will show what SORT OP DISREPUTABLE COOT • the Brown/cove is :— . '".... . ;.'■: Napier, July 8, 1906. From the photo, should take him to be a bonny ; little chap and, as 1 have been adjudged .the father, a child, of which I, .am proud. It is a pity he was born as he was, but Uod knows no ■ man ; was more surprised that I ..when you told me you were expectiag . a child to me. .- . .1 hear that you ' are engaged to be married-; if so, ■ I can Only say this, that if at any time the child becomes a y burden to you, send • him to me. No one would have more right tovhim than I, and I can promise no- child •■="•' • \ ■ SHOULD BE BETTER LOOKED AFTER: ' . ■•,- --• ' \ ' ' '' Feilding; 14/2/'O7 r It . did cut me parting from that youngster, the more I saw of him the more I cared for him, especially when I saw for myself that he was so like me., I was also pleased to see Jiiin kept so well and ,with such taste. I was pained, indeed, to see you looking so bad, just a shadow of- your old self. Would to God 1 was as sure he was. mine a couple of years ago as I am now, you and I would be married, with that 'bright kiddie to cheer us up. . \ Napier, July 22. I have been thinking lately that I SHOULD MARRY YOU. This' may surprise you, but it is true. Of course I have not yet decided, but you might say when you write if you treat the idea favorably. If so I shall let you' know shortly. ... :, ',', Napier, 29/7, Of course I could knock off paying anything towards his keep, uy >our refusal, as the law is marry or pay. . . ." You say, you love the child arid yet you wish to keep me from him, remember we two should unite m making his life, which' began so badly, AS HAPPY AS POSSIBLE ; this would") have been my happiness m married life. I am iloEsed to Fear that you have good offers of mariia.e, although to think of my iittle hoi, filling, another man "Dad" makes .'/.mc miserable. . . . -Tell th^b'by 1" am dead when he grows up./ I. think that wouW be best. ' .The man who could write affectionate letters as above, professing undoing love for his child and iracticv.ly -r< m\ .ing marriage to the cruel ly-wron^ftd mother and then seek, under the proteclk n of the law, to evade his moral respon i ilities, is a skunk, a cur, and & dis^ra'ca to humanity. , . . SUCH UNFKErJNG .BHU'I KS. cast m the shape of men, are th« abhorrence of all rightly- mi. ded l c sous, and should be avoided by ail dc;ent j.ersons of both sexes as they would -hun the. plague. Becaiise a girl bae, m her love and affection fur ler "lord of cxeation," given way to his lusiful <.as»< ns, not to gratify her own, but to i roy« her trust and loyalty to the one "whom she regards \as- her natural mate," '•'■■ it is no reason why fl ; is should he cast on her by' the cause of her disgraco tr by her sisters, who nay , c not one whit less sinful, but more fcriunate m tlieir sin. "Truih ' hopes that this Brown person will not apain ma'-e it necessary for this respectable journal io PLACE HIM ON THE PILI.ORY for his cowardliness and lack of the first! attributes of manhood. In conclusion, we would Brown "and other discolored persons of his class that even ,the brutes of the field protect their mates, and what a four-footed .brute is prepared to do for his mate, a two-footed* brute should be an more ready to accomplish. '