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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 183, 16 June 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)

WHY BROWN LETT. Mr. Brown liad not a very good nniniori of J s&id indies in general until the other day. when he happened to see his bestowing a kindness on tlie eat. in" course ho reasoned that anvoite who would Ik* k;nd to dumb aniiiuiU would l>o kind to linninn , ivauinv., and he hastened to commend In-!' action*. "I'm glad to see that you giv,e all ih. 1 scraps to the cat, Mrs. Miggs. "Oh, ves, sir." t-ho replied. '"Wot I savs, Mr. Brown, is, be kind to the cats, and yer'll find it eaves yer 'art tlie washin'-un." ".lohnny." said father, firm'y, "you must go to lied now." "Don't want to!'' replied Johnny, mutinously, sinking deeper into his chair. . , "Oh, but vou must, sonny, persisted father .* ''Don't you know that 'Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise, m> bov . .. johnny eyed the old man m silence for a moment. Then he said, with a wise shake of his head "Vou didn't go to bed eany when vou were a boy, did you, father. QUITE AN ACCIDENT. Wild and woolly, h:s little eyes dancing defiantly at the judge, whom he had seen on many previous occasions Bill Slogg (lies m khaki now, by the way) stood ill the docK. He wib quite a local celebrity was Bill, and was famed for the firmness he di-pla ved with the downtrodden scrap of misery who shared his name and fortunes. The judge, however, was an unsympathetic In ute jtrum Bill's po'flit of view. . ~ "You are a disgrace to humanity, he -aid. " Vou are an incorrigible blackguard and a menace to society. You stand before me charged with having half killed your wife by breaking a chair over her head, and " It .were an accident, your wussliip, ' <'runted the surprised Bill. ""■•An accident! You bullying cur! Do you dare to stand there and tell ine that you can strike your wife with such fon,e as to break a chair over her by accident '? Bill was amazed at the judge s ignorance. '■ Yus," ho grunted. ''l never meant to break the chair." A TUOn.IIT FOB THE WKKK. '• B ail not much at a time; but meditate on \rliat you read, as much as your time, capacity and disposition will •rive vou leave: ever remembering that little reading and much tlrnking, little sneaking ami much hearing, frequent" and short prayers and great devotion, is the best way to be wise, to be | :>lv, to be devout ."—Bishop Jeremy Tavlor.