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me? You guinty — you not guinty?' Me bin say 

 ' Guinty ! ' " 



At this point "Boiling Down" invariably broke into such 

 paroxsyms of laughter that further utterance was impossible. 

 Often as he attempted it, his narrative of the proceedings 

 ended in such violent mirth that his hearers could not 

 restrain themselves from joining in. They were obliged 

 to acknowledge that he looked upon the affair as the 

 funniest incident of his life. 



A Reflection on the Horse 



A boy accustomed to see his master — the owner of a 

 station — ^jump his horse over the gate instead of stopping 

 to open it, tried to follow. The horse cantered up grandly, 

 .seemed to gather himself for the jump, and baulked. The 

 boy shot out of the saddle and over the gate. As he 

 picked himself up and shook the dust from his clothes he 

 glared back at the horse, saying — " You blurry liar ! " 



Triumph of Matter over Mind 



Out on a station in the Burketown district an athletic 

 black boy was employed. Trained by some friends, 

 Charley developed such fleetness of foot that it was 

 decided to enter him in sports which took place at 

 Normanton and Croydon. In order that the public might 

 be properly surprised, it was planned that Charley should 

 run into second place at Normanton, and that at Croydon 

 all possible honours were to be his. 



Immediately before starting at Normanton, Charley 

 was told that he was not to win, because his backers 

 wanted to make big money at Croydon. 



Charley ran a good second most of the way, made a 

 spurt, and breasted the tape yards to the good. 



Taken aside, his friends angrily remonstrated with him. 

 " Look here, Charley, what's the matter ? I bin tell you 

 run second. You come first — ^you spoil everything ! " 



" Carn help it, Dick, Cam help it. Me bin bolt." 



