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A SIMPLE LIFE. "And what,", inquired the visitor, who was "being nice" to little Bobbie, "are you going to do when you grow up ?" "Be a business man," responded Robert, "like father. He took me down to his office last week; and I'm going to work like him, an' have a good time." "And what are you going to do in business ?" pursued,, the visitor. "Going to do just like dad," repeated the youngster. "Catch the train every morning, and, when I get to the office, light a big cigar, and sit down at my desk, and say there's so much work to do it's no uso beginning till after lunch, and then go out with another big man, and cat and eat till I can't eat any more, and then go back to business, and ask everybody else why the work ain't done, and then get so mad because nobody does anything that I'll go home early, and fee so tired I can't do a thing except read the Taper and smoke more big cigars an r J swear!" ' ( AN ULTRA-SMART BOY. "John," inquired a dominie o-. 3 hopeful 1 pupil, "what is a nailor 1" "A man who makes nails," John, promptly. "Very good. What is a tailor ?' was the schoolmaster's . nest question. "One who -makes tails," came th? reply. "0 you stupid fellow •!" said the dominie, vexedly, biting his lips. "A man who makes tails !" "Yes, master," returned John ; "i! the tailor did not put tails to thf coats he made, they would all bf jackets." "You may sit down, John," saic the schoolmaster ; "you are whai they call an ultra-smart boy ; anc after class I'll make you properlj ".mart." Husbaud (rummaging through s Irawer): "Well, it's very strange; J :an never find anything." Wife : "'You can always find fault, it seems to me."

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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 491, 14 August 1912, Page 7

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Untitled King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 491, 14 August 1912, Page 7

Untitled King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 491, 14 August 1912, Page 7

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