DELEGATE IN DISTRESS

NZ Truth, Issue 474, 18 July 1914, Page 3

DELEGATE IN DISTRESS

Puponga Rep/s Weakness. Too-Trusting TiHcy Parts with his Trinkets and Tin* •To A Supposed Steward. ■■ ' ' ' ■' ' ' ' •* - When Steven Andrew Tllloy. miner, was elected by the Puponga boys to represent them at tho Unity' Conforericeln Wellington, he was a proud man Indeed. As |ie brushed tho kinks out of his spino and washed his faco, ho bllthly hummed to himself the plute-annlhilating speeches with which he would astonish his follow-delegatea thore. Packing a spare collar m h«s •'pdrtsammy." besides hia conference remits, ho blithely boarded the s.s. . — — — j

Nlkau on July 3. On hla way to tho ! wharf, recofrnlnlnif thftt sutything m tho nature of a farewell jollification would be impossible to « mun with a mlsHlon like hta, he paused to have a woe doch an' dorla on but tbrce occos- | lons. At Motuoka be found that hla ! laryn:: required further lubrication, for I wua there not golngr to be heavy, demands on his ORATORrCA^ APPARATUS when he reabhed the Windy City? So be imd a few moro drlnko—only pony j «■—■—MW—— ■»——i—l— »»»»—i^——». i ——-————"——»——————— i.———. j i ! |

shandies — and then tho good shir t Nlkau bore htm toward h tho scene ol hin coming triumph. Evidently nol quite suro of his potent potions alrcadj partaken, ho sought to make doubl> jure against catching a Horo throat and hied him to the ship's bar, vthcrt ho surrounded sovcral more whuskies Whether the, blame should bo borno by ■ tho booze, tho boat, or tho senso ol tho awful Responsibility of boing Pupongit'o plenipotentiary, history doponethnot, but, therc-an'-'en, Stovon Andrew began to'cry "Europe." A klndl> cobber advised him to go by-by down below m his bunk and steep it off. On his way to Shut-eyo-town he bumped lnto v i* bloke named Dan O'Keefo. Steve alleges that he though) tho dandy Dan was a steward, and sc ho handed over to him his watch, chair and pendant, a ring, silver sovereign case, tie-pin, and ten Jlmmy-o-gobllns, otherwise quldlets. Then Puponga'a rep., vastly relieved m mind, slumbered the sleeo of THE JUST— HAD ENOUGH— ,. j until Wellington windy wharves wen reached. Hero on waking and finding that Dan O'Kcofo was pot a stcwurd nor even on board tho Nikau, Steven's agony was acute — very. Acting on information received, Con- ! stable King, who strives to keep thai seething pandemonium, Ptcton, front rushing prematurely on to gay, glddj doom, got, his hooks Into l>u n OK. or July ■», and went through hint with 'a fine tooth comb, which brought th* missing articles 'to light, and several golden sponduliks. Dan said that the stuff had been handed to him by a passenger on tho Nlkuu after Dan, Ir answer to his question, wild ho wns r steward. Dan told Copper King H< had got tho npecie from the Wollestei Club and from a hotoUkcopor m Motueku. Bluebottle King deposed finding on Dan it bank-book, whlc): showed Uint over a year ojyo, uccusuti hud drawn out £2 Is, leaving a bat' anco of Is to KEEP TUB BOTTOM FROM FALLING OUT of the Dominion's credit Dan, who had "Costs" Percy Jackson keeping nn oyo on things for him , wore an alert grin most of the Him !ho was m the dock. On tho nppllcui tlon of 'Toe. Uroborg he wus remanded ! until tho ilth inst, to enable furthci inquiries to bo made In Nelson district. Monnwhllc, the ioo trusting, tlppllnt TlUey, "Trut\i" hope», Is holding lit* end up 'n "nober" earnest at :nc plnc< where Labor's vo.ee Is heard— lN CAM HA !