From Australia and Japan Author:James Murdoch Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: A YOSHIWARA EPISODE. The engagement was to be a three years' one, and the consideration was to be at the rate of £ij per mensem during the first twelve months... more » of the term, £2$ for the next, and £30 for the final spell of servitude, such remuneration to be suspended and the agreement to be summarily determined in case "the said John Wilson Whitmore shall at any time wilfully neglect or refuse or from illness become or be unable to comply with any of the provisions herein contained, or to obey any of the orders of the said Patrick Maloney, or to perform any of the duties devolving upon him under this engagement." In return for the sums of filthy lucre above-mentioned, it was laid down in black and white—mostly in black—what J. W. W. was to do. Clause 3 of the document was penned as follows :— " The duties of the said John Wilson Whitmore during the said engagement will be to report all law cases, meetings, theatrical performances, and sports in the Settlement and neighbourhood, also to write paragraphs and ' locals,' correct proofs, and generally to promote the interests of the said newspaper; and the said John Wilson Whitmore shall during the said engagement conduct himself with all due diligence, honesty, sobriety, and temperance, and shall diligently and faithfully perform the said duties and devote his whole time and attention thereto, and shall use his best endeavours to promote and extend the interests of the said newspaper, and shall in all respectsdiligently and faithfully obey and observe all lawful orders and instructions of the said Patrick Maloney in relation thereto, and shall not without his consent divulge any secrets or dealings relating thereto." Furthermore, J. W. W. was inhibited from either directly or indirectly having anything whatsoever to do with ...« less