DETERMINATION.
(By WALT MASON.) Jonah said he'd bet some, kale he could travel in a whale. All the village sports were shocked, and they joshed him and they mocked. "No one ever yet." they cried, "journeyed in a whale's inside. It would be all kinds of fun. but, alas! it can't be done. For the fish's throat's so small it can't bolt big things at all; even if you got inside you'd be smothered soon," they cried; "you could not the trip endure, for the ventilation's poor." "That's the way all tinhorns spiel," answered Jonah, oft! the reel; "just because no other male ever travelled in a whale, you insist it can't be did, but I'll bet my Sabbath lid that I'll pull the stunt ere long, just to show you 're all in the WTong. No one. ever makes a hit if he's willing to admit that a stunt's beyond his skill; he should say. 'I can! I will!' Obstacles are doubless there, troufiTfl grief and woe to spare, he must face a score of foes, but he laughs- at things like those. Men who falter, doubt and quail, never travel in a whale. When I say I'll do a thing you may bet your wedding ring that I'll win or break a slat; you may bet vour roll on thai. ,;
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Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 12 November 1920, Page 4
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222DETERMINATION. Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 12 November 1920, Page 4
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