The Pahiatua Hawker.
He ICofttßi Baoraras. 9 U nite* Spet.aUp /or the Herald.) through amsliv road* and e ter cauie the iNluatua hawks,. And he mrsed the clerk of weather Thai his floodgate* were uot shut. ’e»i lf him. -«ak*il and dripping, sat his man called * Joe the Corker.*' Who was yearning * for the shelter of a distant bush man * hut. - lor.” ness 1, **them coves ere whiteTurn, though their hunks are not ton downy. \nd thfi fill us up with tucker, but the* kill u* with their chaff. My troubles, when l ie eaten lots of mutton, spud*, and browny. If tliev *<t me on a needle, for I join - Yes. « rove cm bulbil when they do. though lie cannot see the liunior : They are racy dog* and witty and 1 11 swear it oil inv life, Uut we take 'em down completely—with the cutt.ugtrick—a bloomer. Yes. we cut the nee of diamonds—but wc cut it with a knife.'* - Krarv night thev crowd around us. vet no trick, of ours exploded. Xml u, rtiter in a inffb* for a bridle, l pa. m ...t. h -\u! «»*• \ wouldn't let n*. niter if they knew the due w* .e I-suled. \rn't we aiwavs sure of winning, for w, rar. lv make a hoteh. • Joe the I ork. r ' braved the weather with lm<oiii well expanded. \nd lie lingered over all his words, to leave offlu w a-loth: Cut the Hawkci was hi- master, and a silence was e.H.iinanded »;> a grunt of «atisiartioii. and tin iwhUi m*u*i ** M.v oath. No the* dr»»v« «>n till the night fell, cold sud . beitles.. very lonely, hot the mehnicholv hush tracks are a Kiwi tuei i*nlx talked of wnniiiig. for they lived hy winning only *. Milk a doubh-la nded |>Cliti\ ll is ii r . h.ml to I—. I neu thev saw M dim light burning, and they heard a concertina. \ ea. :he\ knew a hn-hmnn's w hare Aod tin* hordes stepped out brjsklv—litnugh no horse* could» c leaner. For thev ss-iutil to know the w hare • - «them to —y. Well, rix at.wv isn't ended, but the work i- finished. I'nr the hawker'* double dealing worked a double end that night. Now. they played away at euchre till the sludi lamp's light diuiinidicd. . . their pNving wasn't right. He a stch» *1 tlieiu in their movements, hi* sliest h-knife firm lx* gi.i-piug. %nd he found tin . harv t rump < pF ‘>i .u.i,i I pa alnie. an«l when the liawkn hand a further hatch was grasp Hlg. He uprated the fla-hing -heat li-kiufe and he pinned it to the board. He p.iiMil tlvat hand securely, and the card. Ml out .x poring \ll tla fraiui the hawker piariised. f .i Man I • sn • r bU to 'lent the metasalion. but the cheater k* |»t |»roposiiig J bat lie might he struck quite silly ii he cheated or lie llCil. : ..he aaid lie'll never cheated to obtain a bbsanuig pennv. And In* plav bad hern above-board. i alv.av« dealing fur and sqiian*: | ) I.t the bii>hinei. V..5..1 to hale. h.n«. f.*r hi-i ul deeds wen* inaiiv. V. 1,:, :Ikn S»H hi* gha-4ly ~vv drop Yes. the hawk* i wa* -truck silly, blind, and Kdpko there before us. And hr shouted m . frei./v ~ Oh ! Mv «*od. when is the light * * limited ». T— shoulder*. sax.ru. '‘Satan i- Ix-hind us. F. r tb. «... r Klen I Qivn bod afflicted I dll of sight. — HtJm-rt lindher*. Wellington. iWrabrr • 1-
The Pahiatua Hawker.
Pahiatua Herald, Volume I, Issue 93, 29 December 1893, Page 4
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