THE LOVES AND BATTLES OF SCHAFER. THE UNIVERSAL TRAVELLER.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 38, 27 June 1868, Page 3

THE LOVES AND BATTLES OF SCHAFER. THE UNIVERSAL TRAVELLER.

■» Ad old flODff Ims n couplet which suggoalsIho Allowing tmvestio— " Warm and lovingly tlto wayworn travollor plights his young affections to tho charming YVnimca maid." Sehafor tho traveller Ims got into a Bad mean. After beholding tho acknowledged beauty of tlto fair ouch of clvilfoed Europe, from tho subfltantial Dutch vrow to tho sylpli-liko Anglo-eaxou j after pusslng unscathod bo* ncath tho "glorious black eyes" of tho Grecian maidens, and basking unharmed in tho smiles of tho liarom j" after gazing on tho dusky. and scant-clad beauties of " Afric's burning flhoro i" after visiting Palestlno nnd watching tho gambols of tho fair and innocent daughters of Nazareth, of whom " Kttthcn " speaks so cnthu»i»stlcally t and (" ()-o-oh Jahrooflrtlcm ! ") after dwelling in Utah, that region of happy families, vrhcro woman aro tho envied posaoHsors of fractional parts of tho affections of tlicir "lords and maaters i " aftor being nearly »lf»in by tho Arabs, and disgusted with their ugly wives \ after being all but scalped by tho wild Indians oi! tho Hooky Mountains, and viewed with afTcclionato regard by their squaws i after witnessing tho almond-eyed and small-footed daughtorH of tho Celestial Kmplre preparing pussy-cat and puppy-dog stows \ and aftor dwelling in wonder and admiration on the simplicity of naturo displayed in tho out-door sanitary habits of tho charming children of Japan j after literally " Surveying mankind from China to Peru," and beholding the sex in many lands, and coming heart-whole out of tho ordeal, poor Behafer was futed to como to Now

Zealand to fall ft victim to the sadden shafts of Dau Cupid. In tho WaimeM dwells a maiden, fair of face and bright of oyop and her glance with gladness laden, fascinates tho passer«by. Swains ia numbers knelt boforo liero j but for none o( them cared 6lw, till Skater, smiuen, sighed jjud muttered, "Ach Gott! verlobes lot us be." And tho maiden heard de» muroly all his littlo sighs and tows, and love- token a rich sho gazed on as riie went to milk tho cowa. Happy, joyful, now waa Schftfer, but, alas, for Fortune's smites ; soon to darkness grew the sunlight, and h$ mourns Love's cruel wiles. One bright mom a brisk compatriot kissed tho maid before his eyes; " villain 1 dustanll flght tho battles, ono or other of ua dies I" fco t<\\<\ Schftfer, Quoth the other, " ' I'm your Closes,' neve* four; pistols! rifloal blunderbusses ! daff> gers 1 bayonets I brinjj— l'm here." All his valour quickly left him, and ho shook with deadly fears; the pistols of nil hope bereft him; ho melted in a flood of tear*. Cruel second?, fl«h'y-l>loo<U«I, fixed the time and paced tho p round; and a piece of "bnl* lock's liver" at a butchers stall they found. Duelling pistols free from bullets for tho fighters they prepare ; 'twas resolved that Sctmfcr's foenmti flrat ahould fall, then lire In the air ; and (tho Traveller to flam* mox), mark with bullock's blood his breast ; when from sceno of strifo they'd hurry this " orack(d)" shot to save nrrcst. So 'twas planned j but with tho morning, useful, calm reflections come ; Schuf«r's foeman stood all ready — littlo Sclmfer staid at home 1 What tho damsel said none knoweth; but tho pcoplo laugh with fun ; to Mauritius, ftfadV guscur, tho heart-struck hero goes anon. And so cmls this little «t<>ry of a >( traveller's" loves and grief— and mty all such bloodless quarrels end in mutual relief.