A REVISED VERSION.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 154, 10 March 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

A REVISED VERSION.

The teacher at a small school in the Lake District of England was taking her class in recitation. The lines she gave them to learn were those of Wordsworth, commencing:— The dew was falling fas;. The stars began to blink, I heard 'i voice, it .said, "Drink, pretty creature, drink." After a whil••, during which the children conned the verse arduously, she called upon young Giles to recite. He arose and solemnly announced:— T'neet were coming on, An' t'moon would soon be oop. Someone bawled out into my lug, "Soop, thou calf-head, soop!" Recently in n small town in trio South of Kngland a small boy applied for a s te.at'on as office bov. He was accept', d and on the second day at his new work lie was asked to stay in the office while the manager went out on important business. When the gentleman telurned lie a-kcl "Well, rnv lad, has anvone called?'' "Ve-s, sir,'' came the n piv. "A man canio in foi a ga« account " "Oh i ye-*. 1 suppos-: you paid it " i \o, '-:<■." '■Why I '' "W-w!i, y-you see. «ir, I haven't been here long enough to learn whether