The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-02-10 00:00:00

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"Please, sir," said my servant girl, "would you be so
good uto see Mrs. Kiddie? She is in great di tress
of mind about bar husband."
"Show her in," I said.
Mrs. K.: "Oh, Mr. Lucia, would you oome and see
Kiddie? I can do no' hink with 'em; he's been carry-
ing on like a man bewitched for several days, and I do
think that you can do somethink to cheer him up."
I hurried away and found my humble friend in •
very low state of mind, his head hidden by his erns*
on the ki•chen table. "Come, Kiddie," I said,
".hat is all this about?"

Kid : " It be kin' o 'et to cwome, Maestar Luc's,
hot I shall nu be able to lift up in' head again in
Swanage. It 13* all about thik supper:
With a few hints from us we drew the following ont

—Kid : "I did go to the ' Purbeck' on the Monday,
setter I had got up m' sang to rights, but when I did
LIT to go in they said I weent wanted there, that the
supper was on'y fur them as did stick agin tile pwasts,
an 'cause I deaden write to the papsr au' sign mysel
X, or gwo round wi' Bill C Mins • gitten the mason@
to sign fur Moister Roblnsou, that I could sing my
song at the Mowlem on the Thursday, or leave it
alone, jist as I liked. When I dad peep in sod Ze•
what a spread it war, an' clod yer the wine a vizzeo
at!, I de d veal that sorry to think PA bin rich • vool
to myeelf to loose all they gude things far the rake o'
the Bword." . .

—Ve--inggested that it mug have been a large
assembly.
" Well all the ipport rs wer there, vourteen on
em. One o' em wet a lodger, and vower ethers wwin't
ratepayers, so there wet a pretty lot to make such •
not'... Aftwr Bill Collins second speech, which I
yeard was down on 'em heavy, it wet no wonder they
dad sing ' He's a j .117 good fellow."
" You did not love much, Kiddie."
Diden I, though, I dad lose the eighteen Peso!
that the song did wet, and moren dine, the honour o
gegen en besot, a gert musical composer. Z.) gude
by, Manger, m' yeart is broked, an' I kean't joke Do
more."
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ving my (Head. we just looked at Stuffey-road.
and found a pavement being laid on beth aides,
that the carriage way ii a noble illuMration of im•
prnvement.
We regret to announce the accident to a yoccif
naval officer, son of Dudley Ryder, Req., now Mopping
at the Royal Hotel. It appears the family drove to
St. Alban 's Head, and two of the sone elected to walk
home by the coast, when one of them slipped off a
rock and vu much injured. He had jut returned
from Zululand.
I suppose the Bournemouth company will be here
Ibis week now the poets are gone.
Captain hianael. commander of coantipordL bag
taken Magnolia Howe from March 25th. vid,
very pleased to Rod that the new appointment km
brought the captain back to Swann, as a resident.
LOVA
JAMES AT SWANAGL

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