YOUTHFUL DWELLER IN CAVE.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 19093, 28 January 1932, Page 8

YOUTHFUL DWELLER IN CAVE.

WAITING FOR A JOB. The spirit of independence is not ' dead altogether. There is one, at least ! will, although he has not reached his : majority, is unafraid of his own com- ! pany and the barren earth as a home and a bed. This discovery was made as the result of a visit to an isolated . New Plymouth b"-'"h overhung with tall, crumbling cliffs. There a 20-year-oid youth is living i alone in a cave where the sea lapped j his theshold, because he was unem- | ployed after many attempts to secure j work, because he possessed only a j few dwindling shillings, and because \ he was fearless and independent. I The furnishings were two old sacks, an old coat, a much-used kitbag for a j pillow, a candle in a bottle, and a 1 ledge of rook for a sideboard. On the | sideboard were boothbrushes. a clothesbrush, several magazines and books, a writing-pad, envelopes and a pencil. Friendly, but quiet and laconic, the cave-dweiler proved to be. He did not feel lonely, because he had learned to enjoy good health and out-of-doors solitude, he said as the gist of several answers to questions. He was able to obtain food. He did not want any assistance; he was simply living alone until he found work. Farming work was what he required. The trouole was, in getting work, answering ad- { vertisements soon enough. He was liv-, ing a bit far from town, but he j scanned the papers once a day and j answered “ads.” “Why don't you advertise?” he was j The cave-dweller straightened his | muscular back. “I never thought of j that,” the answered. An advertisement was written on the spot and approved by the cave- j dewellsr. Already he has become a ! farm worker, and the cave is vacant once more. It paid to advertise. There were five dairy farmers that day who j needed a young man.