No Time to Loaf

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 August 1913, Page 4

No Time to Loaf

9 . This was the note that was handed to one of the teachers at a small school out-oack:-; '"Dear Mum, —-i'lease ixciise Johnny to-day, lie will not be at school. lie is acting as timekeeper for his father. Last night you gave him this example : If a Held is four miles square, how long will it take a man walking three miles an hour, to Avalk two-and-a-half times round it .'? John ain't no man, so we had to send his thickly. They left early this morning, and my husband said they ought to be back late tonight, though it Avould be hard going. Deal , Mum, please make the next problem about ladies, as my husband cannot a fiord to lose the day's work. 1 don't have no time to loaf, but 1 can spare a day oil occasionally, better than my husband sail." >'HIW I ■'■ AT*-P l * fq Tlft?1 l ftliMflß|