THE ALLEGORY.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 137, 27 April 1881, Page 3

THE ALLEGORY.

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We left theTamorous and erring Alex- J imdej-doihgpenahce m^^ Wangahhi, as punishment for^his cruel Reception of atqio confiding damsel, and m default of payment for the wedding -breakfast. After a five months' detention m ihtrnunoMtia cells he was again set jat liberty, bat bis spirit was crushed, the •pell of bis fascination of the fair sex at an end, and m the niisery of his dejection he humbly sought comfort from the maiden he had deceived, the hand he had despised. Thenceforth his power of cajoling, confiding females was at an ens, and' be sought bis victims from the other sex. With the deprivation of his sway over lovely woman, he appears to have received an upas-like * power of destruction of the lords of creation: Tfhoscwho Said him for supposed services, he tried is best to riiin ; those who trusted him, he basely and treacherously deceived ; those who did him a kindness, he tried with all bis might to injure ; those who defended and protected him, he repaid by tbe hurling of gross catummation and •lander. Wanganui would have nothing more to do with him, so he quitted the locale of his degradation, accompanied by the muffled; whistling of "The Rogue's March." A Samaritan at Marton opened his doors to him, and bis gratitude wair •hovrn by his striving, to put his bene lacytor oat of hohse and home. His piteous appeals for aid were borne upon thj* winds to Feilding, and for a time bore fruit. yOnee more the bread he soughjt v for his little ones was given him, and . once again he had a chance of :mending^ his evil ways, but the return : he mad* waiH-hurlipg » "tone at the generous . donor's .head, and secretly plotting tt) undermine his befriender. Fcildind hunted hip on to Falmerston, "Paimerl •tori now groans beneath the obloquy of hie contaminating influence,; and tremblei for the innocenae of its daughters, for al J though he'eanhot rain them by glamor— 9la Alexander of bye-gone days— he still •eeks to poison their fair name and car** rupt them by bis beastly productions} ; The people of this town await anxibu-dyr n."bii second incarceration m a monastery] ■A- nnd trust that bis penance will equal in] limit that of a near relation of his who is! atp/esenj^wearingvsack clo*h and ashes] Bat special reference to the last Utdividaal

is withheld until -the " Journalist of Repute (P)" again appears m print under any of the various aliases of " Squib," ".Dungaree," or "Settler;" when we promise our readers to drop allegory, and give m plain English some spicy particulars of the "J of R" and his family connections. The man of vitnjdliasis has been courting ya. somewhat equivocal notoriety ; hitherto we have been merciful and treated him with i metaphor; it how lies with himself to elect "whether the mud m which he has grovelled shall be stirred td its very bottom, and his history placed before the public m all its naked deformity. He must remember that the files pf the Wanganui papers are accessible, and upon' this manner m which | he conducts himself m future depends the I publication of "iOld Stories Re-told ; or, j the Romance and Tragedy at Turakina."