JUVENILE ANATOMY. Two youngsters of seven and eiglit had overheard an adult conversation on skeletons. The seven-year-old had listened intently, and when they were left alone the elder boy. with an air of superior knowledge, said, abruptly : "You don't know what a skeleton is, and I do," "So do I," replied the younger. "I do know." "Well, what is it?" "It's hones with the people off." Sandy M'Pherson, in a moment of abstraction, put half a erown in the collection-plate last Sunday in mistake for a penny, and has since expended a deal of thought as to the best way of making up for it. "Noo, I might stay awa" frae the. kirk till the sum was made up ; hut on the other han' I v/ad be payin' pew rent a' the time an' gettin nae guid o' it.' ljosh & hut f'm think in' this is what the meeuister ca's a 'reljsious,. deeficulty J •
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 463, 8 May 1912, Page 7
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154Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 463, 8 May 1912, Page 7
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