A DISGUSTED MAN.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 43, 10 June 1876, Page 2

A DISGUSTED MAN.

" Bein' I'm here,"' he said to a police-thepost-roffice —""bein' I'm here, and bein' I may never come here agin, and bein' I want to flee all I kin, I'd like to know if it would pay a feller to go to the Knavery Yard ?" "You mean the Navy Yard," remarked the officer.

" Yes; I suppose it's the Navy Yard. Is there much there to seel" "Yes, a good deal." . "Do you s'pose they'll hang anyone thereto-day?" '"" ' " The Navy Yard is not the place where they hang feKks," laughed the officer. "So ! I thought it was. Well, what's the performance anyhow 1" " There is no performance of any sort." "There hain't? Don't anyone walk the rope ?" "No." ' " Nor perform any back somersprings ?" "No." " Well/ it itfttSt-be a dum queer Knavey Yard !" exclaimed the stranger. " Perhaps they'vergota, grizzly b'ar over there ?" "Never heard of one," replied the officer. , j • ..^j: " goes a*all#Jn%o up.? "Guess not." "Well, what i»~thunder do they do?", demanded the irritated man. "What does a feller go over there for ?" - '' Don't you know what a navy yard is ?" - -*»*»»* ~ v " Yes, I know what a knavy-yard is as well as you doi-r-. -I've seen thousands of 'em, and I expect thousands more. I don't care ; cgnte«. a aßput .seeing t|ua one, though'if itiey sfcs going to play the ' Black Crook,' or have any fun, I'll takfc a look in." • ''■*-*■ ''[ "This Navy Yard," said the officer, ',' is, the place where they build and repair Government ships-store cannon, supplies, "It is, eh?" slowly inquired the strait-, ■', ger. "Well, it must be a one-horse affair. I don't suppose I could even get any beer,; over there•!-' ...".' '_*--] "I guess not." -\ j "Well, I won't go," said the stranger in a determined voice. "I \ knock around, and see if I can't run across a good dog-fight." . ' .'."■ " '!> :*.