The Round Table.
* Ib was an Ohio man, who, when a terrible storm came one night, rushed'into the house of a neighbour and cried out: ' Jones, this is the ending up of the earth 1' '1 am afraid, so,' was the reply. ' And what shall we do V * Make our peace with heaven.' The wind blew still stronger, the house began to shake, and the elcited manexolaimed : ' Jones, you loit five bushels of wheat last Fall?' *Yes.' 1 An«Lyou hare your tuspicions P* ♦ I nave. The man who took my wheat had better own up.' ' Can you forgive him V 'I can, i- \Veii..— -v Here the wind suddenly : dropped, and after a look through the window, the conscience»atricken man turned and finished, ' Yep, if ever I meet him, I'll advise him to call around.'
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 8, 7 December 1883, Page 3
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135The Round Table. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 8, 7 December 1883, Page 3
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