A LECTURE AND ITS VALUE.
A particular friend of mine was lately seized- with the importance of fulfilling his dijty as paterfamilias toward* his first aiid onjy olive branch, and upon finding the j -juvenile qut in a white lie, had theypoungste.r under admqnition fpr a: fuli^half. hqurV-J Led qn by' the extreme earnestness wij;li j which the . delinquent IjstensdT to'-the-de*: tailed fate of a fibber, and deeming that the - exhortation had sunk deep into his heart, the parent at its termination was taking credit to himself for his persuasive eloquence, when hit flattering reverie, was rudely broken by hearing the young hope-, ful exclaim, " Qh, dada, dada, tell Bertie ainother rjicp little story," Since thon my friend has never ent ared the parental pulpit, and, Bertie hears all his " stories 1 '- from his mama.
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 102, 24 December 1879, Page 2
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135A LECTURE AND ITS VALUE. Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 102, 24 December 1879, Page 2
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