He was a bachelor, and on ardent admirer of the fair sex, bqt naturally averse to being • jorytnan, and had successfully evaded servioe on many occasions. Upon going to his bouse, a well known gentleman In blue found nailed upon the door a placard running thus—“ Won’t be home for a week, 1 * Not a little disappointed, the limb of the law scribbled on a piece of paper in a feminine hand—Meet me at the Post Office at 8 o'clock. Fondly yours, Madge ” The bait took, and punctual to time Mr.—— rolled up attired in his holiday garments, with a choice bunch of voilete in his hand, while the rich perfume from his cambric sent up a delicious odour, Sauntering round for a few minutes, he began to look anxiously about him, when the “Joker "(the peace officer) appeared upon the scene, quietly handed his trump card to Mr., and then decamped, with a smile—Wanganui Chronicle, ’
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 351, 14 September 1889, Page 3
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156Untitled Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 351, 14 September 1889, Page 3
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