The Devil's Glen.

Otago Witness, Issue 2493, 25 December 1901, Page 76

The Devil's Glen.

Tlie proprietor and landowner of a certain l Irish glen— it doe* rot matter much where - was famous a? being an extremely irate rrai) L Un one occasion a party of excursionists on- i r tered his domain on a waggonette. They ' r drove down t-he eential path singing gaily muc!i to the discomfiture of the proprietor who was attempting his quiet afternoon T constitutional. At length they turned up a road marked " Private." ( - The proprietor bore it mo longer : rushing forward ho seized the rein, of the T hor^ 1^ and arre-trd the veliicle. "Vul— \ulgav lieid," he began, spluttering X in l)i<- angpi. "I ha\e h j-ocd mind tc ,"' etc. • Tliey emilcd blandly upon liim. "D'you know a\lio I am?" ho demanded Then, answering hi* own question, he said, "1 am tlie propnelor. gentlemen."' "J k«e\\ it was tlir De\i]'s (^len."' said the ' f rtii\ir ciuictly, "but I didn't think hod , t be here him&elf to day. Let's go back." I v

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