THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
Affm'tion ion thk ai.ma Matkh. A hoy may hate his school days, yet no sooner doe* he lusive school than it is invested with a roseate glamour in retrospect. When tlie old hoy revisits the. scene of his labours and tiilnflations there is a mellow sound in the tones of the school bell which lie never heard as a pupil, lie gazes at the classroom and .says, ‘‘And these arc the same old benches." with a depth of meaning in his voice. A wave of sentiment suffuses him, and he falls ii-fo a mood of gentle melancholy.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 January 1924, Page 2
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101THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 21 January 1924, Page 2
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