WON'T YOU THE PLEDGE.
A temperance lecturer, who :bad been •t work m tbe towns up tbe.Hudson, has been Ikravine a reporter a pa^t^m his early ex-r ■teWnceiß Michie; **ovious to his arrival EatmriHowfiWeife ne intended to do some HpHc (be boys bad;agTeed.atn<Jng themselves meeting but not to man the pledge. He appealed m vain for recruits m the temperance cause; not a wan would move; At this stage of the proceedings the belle of the town sprang to her feet, and cried mthe sweetest of voices : ; - Boys thisi* really too bad, , Won't you sign the pledge ? Not ti soul moved : from his seat. Again the fair belle appealed to the men's better nature, but it was to no avail: they bad promised theyiwouldn't sign.. Finally tbe lady .said :, "■Now. hoys, I will kiss tbe first : man who signs the pledge." At this" juncture up iamped * tall backwoodsman, who exclaimed: •'SiF, I'm yer huckleberry. W* at^?? r Dledee, till I «gn." The brave girl kissed the £sow%ud the «JM*^*»^TS^ . the building rattle. Tbis »^* ice, and before the reformer had leff the town nearly every one had. donned the ribbon.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 175, 30 June 1883, Page 3
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189WON'T YOU THE PLEDGE. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 175, 30 June 1883, Page 3
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