PUDD'NHEAD WILSON'S WAY

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 3 February 1916, Page 2

PUDD'NHEAD WILSON'S WAY

(After the sinking of various Liners.) I sent a Note to Kaiser Will, I said, " You've got to stop it, Bill." And Kaiser William's answer was, " I can't oblige you, sir, because- " I sent another Note to say, " You must respect the U.S.A." [ He only answered with a grin, " Why, what a temper you are in !" I took some foolscap from the shelf, I wrote it big and plain, myself. And when I found he wasn't cowed, ■;. 1 shouted at him, good and loud. ■ And when I found his mouth was shut, I sent an Ultimatum, but The heart of moral force is conscience —a faint unextinguisJiable flame —whose light we call duty and its heat love —Amiel. J I meddle not at .present with infinity or eternity; when I can comprehand them I will talk about them.-—Landor. To strive with difficulties and to conquer them is the highest human felicity,—Dr. Johnson. Should you have anything nice to say about yourself, your friends, or gener alities, send it to the ECHO.* ;•