BLOOD-MONEY.
"Ernest," said the benevolent old cleric, as h^ sadly gazed on the forlorn colored prisoner, "you here again?" "Yes, sah." "What for, Ernest?" "Stealin' twelve chick'ns and five ducks, sah i" appealingly answered the dusky one, as he sadly rolled up his great black eyes. "But I ain't stealed 'em," he went on, growing indignant, "and I wants a lawyer-man lto tell tho judge so, sah." "Ah, lawyers cost money!" said the chaplain. "Have you any, Ernest?" "No, sah." ' "Anything you can sell to raise money?" "On'y twelve ohick'ns an' five ducks, sah!"
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 17 February 1915, Page 3
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