Stem Parent: “Willie, I’d like to go through a whole day without once scolding or punishing you. Willie: “Well, mummy, you have my consent.”
A wealthy Scot died. There was much .quarrelling about the property by the sons. A friend condoled with one on the bereavement. “Well,” said lie, “our father’s death might have been a real pleasure to us: instead of that it is onlv a misery.”
“The best thing for you to do,” said the doctor, “is to give up smoking, to drink nothing but water at your meals, to avoid late hours . . “Wait,”
'entreated the patient, “what’s the next best thing?”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 3 January 1931, Page 2
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