THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER.

NZ Truth, Issue 380, 5 October 1912, Page 7

THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER.

Gin and Jealousy.

Tlie peaceful, h6ly calm of Mr Cutten's' Cl'otir't at. Auckland was, on Saturday last, m the ■ intervals between the loud thuds of large "John's" hoof coverings on the linoleum and the, loud rattle of the shaky old window's m the equinoctial gale, rudely shattered by a lady, called by the distinguished nionniker of Catherine Eunice Warner,, who .was asked by the law to explain to Mr Cutten, S.M., a large dent m. her prohibition order. In loud accents, Clerk of Court Stuart asked Kate- what she had to Say about it. - •■■ Kate (explanatorily) : It was all through jealousy. Listen to me The S.M. rudely interrupted to state that the "John" Department had' won the toss and that Kate would have to take the second • innings. . Kate: duly subsided m wrath, and the. large "John" who collected ..the lady, said that the awful deed was done at the witching hour of 8.35 p.m. m. that aristberatic quarter known- as Charlotte-street, where Kate i has "■'' her . boudoir and other Vsassiety''. appurtenances. Kite : I wasfl't drunk— it was only jealbusy." The. "John" went on to state that when he advanced into <th"c'- aristocratic district, he was ' shocked to find the lady hanging : on to, the fr6nt fence of the family mansion m an advanced state of mixed liquor. In fact, if Kate had let go her hold of the pickets, she would have smote the centre of the street with a loud crash? , .The S.M. duly took a note of this distressing- fact, and then remarked to Kate, "Have you any questions to ask this witness?" . ,Kate : I've been keeping house for him (the proprietor of the house, not the "John") lor twelve months, and' eighteen months m Wellington. He's going to marry my sister, not me. There is a boarder there, and Bill said he wouldn't have the boarder making love to me. Then. he hit me and I threw' a cup at -.him-, but it missed . him arid struck the gas bracke'L He says to me, "Eflie, I ; m very sorry I struck* you," and 1 says, "You've done it before, Bill." I'm a respectable woman, and I'm not m love with any of them. I'll never marry because I'm a Catholic. I kept house ' for a man m Wellington. I got into trouble through jealousy there and I left him, and since then he has had three prostitutes, all jealous. After the S.M. had got his breath back, he passed along a line of one .^uidlots sterling to Kate, m default three days cold, hard stone jug. Kate : Can I have time to pay that m ? The S.M. turned a deaf ear unto the lady's request and a large "John" duly escorted her out.