Leedle Yaweob Strauss.
Scenk: House of the Strauss lamily. "Leedle Yawcob" busily engaged m playing marbles with his little 9\ t-r " Lcnveeza," suddenly looks up and jikihuo;; of paterfamilias, who m reading tho newspaper: " Papa, is it wicked to play marbles' m tamest ?' " " Yes, my son," responds the senior Strauss, abstractedly (having just read i:i a newspaper Hint he has drawn the dressing gown at the cliarity fair, upon an investment of twentyfive centa). " Yes, my son, it is simply a species of gambling. It is never right to take an article from another without giving a fair equivalent. I trust, my son, that yon will never play niarbba m earnest/ " No, papa." replies the dutiful Yawcob, "I don't think 1 ever shail. Anyway, I'll wait until lean make a better shot at a marble." — Boston Journal.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 19, 20 December 1884, Page 1 (Supplement)
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137Leedle Yaweob Strauss. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 19, 20 December 1884, Page 1 (Supplement)
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