A GLASS OF WATER.
■♦- On a hot day recently, a disi barge.) soldier, undergoing treat meat at a sana'l.oriuni near Warrington, was. says an Engl sh paper, v ; sited b.v hi- wife and four children. The father had given 0110 child a penny, and. on the return walk, when the little ones wire heated and athirst, the penny was offered to a fanner for a gins* oTndlk. The man said he had no mill;, bill wmh] oW.hr •w th a. tdi.ss of water. ITe did -o and retained the nennv in payment. T r tb" story as told is true, we should ns-'-t that the fanner u rather a n""'ti n And we hopn if. during Ibis lit- a.- ;>n->" it. he should find a warm rortmr n>veved for 1-m, it mav be Ins link i < gawp for water and haw never a ponnv ta pay for it.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 223, 3 November 1916, Page 6 (Supplement)
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148A GLASS OF WATER. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 223, 3 November 1916, Page 6 (Supplement)
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