HIS MOTHER’S WORK.
“My mother getf me up, builds the tire, and gets my breakfast and sends me off,” said a bright youth. “Then she gets my father up and gets his breakfast and sends him off. Then she gives the other children their breakfast and sends them off to school ; and then she and the baby have their breakfast.” “ How old is the baby P” asked the reporter. “ Oh, she is ’most two, but she can talk and walk as well as any of us.” “ Are you well paid ? ” “I get 3 dollars a a week, and father gets 2 dollars a day.” “ How much does your mother get ?” With a bewildered look, the boy said, “ Mother, why she don’t work for anybody.” “I thought you said she worked for all of you.” “Oh } r es, for us she does ; but there ain’t no money in it.”—Exchange.
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 21, 19 August 1893, Page 10
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148HIS MOTHER’S WORK. Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 21, 19 August 1893, Page 10
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