ONLY TWOPENCE-HALFPENNY.
Mayfair gives the following story told of a school at Hawkshoad, were Wordsworth learut the alphabet, and hit name mny still be traced cut roughly on the corner of the desk on the right hand as you enter :— "A boy had been set to work out laum in long division. The quotient would fall short of the correct result, and again and again thmaster sent the lad back to the task. The boy succeeded at last in getting to within twopence-halfj>enny of the required amount; but the inexorable master again referred bim to his slate. The boy "moved of sulkily ; when suddenly turning he exclaimed—pulling some coppers from his breaches pocket, "Well, look here ; if it's only two-pence halfpenny w'llaay no more about it. Let the thing go, and I'll make up the difference myself.'"
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Kumara Times, Issue 894, 12 August 1879, Page 3
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137ONLY TWOPENCE-HALFPENNY. Kumara Times, Issue 894, 12 August 1879, Page 3
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