SMILING SHEPHERD.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 182, 21 December 1881, Page 2

SMILING SHEPHERD.

In a recent issue as an item of news jin your telegrapM^blumriß, tn^oticed that Mr. % Ij. .formerly M.H.8., biit, b»w Sefk pt. the "K.M. a^.^l- - Sfcriilßj had goiirito trouble with his sihief.fo^(.Hi?ttbor4in%tion. t Ther.e : is ..an pid 'saTipjf that man plays maiiy parts, kha old ; V ictoriaiiß, or eyien Otagb men » Q.L&. dozen year's; experience wjU,recp)lect , m the rejected M.H.R. and suspended | clerHi t^ejr_ old. friend "..ToaainjL. ihe Smiler." In his Victorian career, m the good; bid time of the Arcade, ". SmUing Shepherd— as he was then. Called— was a prpminent %u^e ; ip\li^fayprite, promenade, a kind of colonial ' Beau Na'sb, whose rubicond but beaming countenance aotight tOtmake sad havoc in /the hearts., oi the fair sex. When .m. the House of Repreflentatives.he;W*f,not much given to oratory, l>ut what he, lacked jn,eloqnence r hi made up)n : elegance, and his graceful post when he caught the Speaker's eye, might be admired-but could not .be cjop\e4» -, P ut time ha» dealf hardly witti.hiipVa^d he is what h'f waf! TheK.M. has reported !h^'co«ducttp.theQ©Yer:p^aipnt, and there is to be an official inyestigation. ,l wpi^der -wilthe "-«ome up smiling." ;