FOR HIS WIFE'S SAKE.
"Well, what do you want?" said the master of the house sternly to Drearv Samuel, the tattered tramp, as he stood outside the door, shivering wit 1 , the most accomp'ished art. "I'm looking for work, "replied he of the unemployed brigade. "Am': vou got no sciub'un' or wa.sliin' or clew i or nothiuk 'hat an honest body could do!-" This earnest appeal for work mack the householder think that he had m'sjudged a real, honest British labourer out of work.
"Ah!" he said, "'now you speak like a man. I like to hear of anyone willing to make an effort. I never thought you wanted work of that kind." "Xo more I do." whined Samuel, shuddering at the bare idea. "It's work for my wife that I'm a-!ookin for."
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 138, 28 January 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)
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133FOR HIS WIFE'S SAKE. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 138, 28 January 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)
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