WHEN GRANDAD CAME TO TOWN

NZ Truth, Issue 1183, 2 August 1928, Page 1

WHEN GRANDAD CAME TO TOWN

1 1 (From "N.Z. Truth's" 1 1 tIE had not been very H ** well; his 78 years if weighed heavily : upon II .him, but he was game. II And that was how the |1 old man came into Christi| church. In spite of his II age, he was after a' job, II but ; before he could get II on the track of it he || decided that a little reii freshment would be beneII ficial. 11 Into the hostelry todII died grandad, where two If raw rums put some pep II into his creaking bones. 11 But those two rums || knocked him into the ii arms of a constable and l| he found -himself facing l| Magistrate Mosley next morning on \i a charge of drunkenness. . 11 , ll iiiitrHiriitiiiiitirMritiiit<»>i>iMiiiiiiniii)»iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii»iiinnniimu»miiiiinnxiinnifiiutHut«iii ftiuiiiiiiiniiHiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiimiimiimraiiiiiiimiuHiimnniiiiiiuwiumiiimimimui

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urch Representative.) H "I" had two glasses of H rum, but • I did not un- || derstand them," ex- || plained the ancient one || penitently. II The bench: How long || were you m town? — |l About an hour, I sup- §§ pose. || "And where do you |f come from?" the S.M. || wanted to know. "Where || I reside at present, sir," || was- the innocent re- II tort. II "Yes, but where?"— fl "With my son." il The bench: "Well, you fl jget back to your son; || go home now. Convict- || ed and discharged." || And grandad, looking very pleas- || ed, went. , If iHtiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiii|iiiiiiiiiiiim|iiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiininiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii>inuiiiiniiiiiii3i