OTEKAIKE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2812, 5 February 1908, Page 70

OTEKAIKE.

They've been coming by the railway, and in iozens every day, Jtist as fast .they have been coming as they have been going away, They've been coming from the northwards, from the soutfi, and east, and west, All their faces showing a hunger for the land that is the best. - ■ They've been rushing all around it — yes, per boot, and horse, and bike, It is really most amazing, is this rush for Otekaike.

They've been coming in at nignt time, each one with a different tale, Some are looking very pleasant, and with some there is a wail. They've been threshing out the question whether it is ripe or green And they'll tell about the water that is not

there to be seen. They've been squatting round the maps in scores; I never saw the like —

Yes, to judge from the excitement, 'tis a> great place, Otekaike. They've been giving their opinions -n a> manner very free, And are always very ready then to tell you what they see; - j They've been looking at it closely, and from an experience long, Some will tell you they d not take it if they got it ior a song. They've come here from the best districts that a man 'could ever strike, Bat there's ninety in. each, hundred that will swear by Cftekaikel — J. B. Cbowijsy, Dtmtroon. JAIMJARI. "' Perfectly cometh Summer's gieen tree; Morn- and eve nummeth Sun-loving bee; Blue skies above me, , Grasses below, One by to love me And whisper me so. Youth and its langhte., Love and its bliss, No .time comes after JoToua as -fcl*is ; Yonth may be careless, Thoughtless, — let be; Youth is not heirlesß ' If thou lovest me! Morns that ate stilly, Breaking anew, Waken the lily, Bathe her in dew; Bed roses barter Scents for tun-glows, — Summer's the parter Of lips of the rose. Summer uncloses "" My lover/* heart;— Truly, than roses Sweeter thou art. Summer! — the duller Greys of the skies - .Blossom to colour, '* And glow inthme'eysest — JOHAMNJBB C. ANDIBSEir,. ~