How to Keep Cool
A "ow named I!cu!iiii- ncentlv -.i\\ ,i Matement. t D.it <oun{iii'4 100 whi n Uniptcd to -peak ,in <mm y won! would -a\t ,1 in, in a 'iicit deal ot tiouble Tin- -tatemetil linl >i i --ed him t,iMiu'al)!>, and ho fun (!uih<l to adopt it \e\t> dooi t(i Reubenh\e- <i man who has made li\e distinct .•(tempi- to m'cuii' a dinnei of p<M-, and e\ciy turn ha- been let.uded !»v [{< when- - hen- The iu'\L nioinint; altei liciihen- iii.ull tlii-. le-olutmn, till-- man tound his tilth .'it tempt to h.t\ c been mwaiiied. Tlkmi Ik (ailed on Keuben-. ll(^ 'What in thiindii do \ou m> an b\ lctLinu ,\oui In tis t\u up in} ;_;<uden '' Utniheii u'.i^ piompled toi.ill him a mud -hoot, but ho i emembeicd ln-> icsolution, put dew n lu> la^e, and mccl I_\ o!^ei\ed 'Om, two, thi c", toui , h\ i>, ->i\ -e\ en, eiuht . ' I'henthe mad nei'ihboui, who had been e\ein'_: t ina'i-\\ ci \\ ith a ( _;i eat <U a! oi -uspii ion, hi olviin a<4.iin -' \\ li\ don I \ou an^ui n\\ ipie-iion ; " l>ut twelve, thn ttui, touiteen, fifteen, — ' The mad neiehbom ->tued haidei than e\ei. 'SeMiiteon. ci'^hteeii, nmelcen, Lwliiln, l\\ only one — ' w ou ie a mean -kunU, sml the nei'_;hboni HiMibt'ii^'^ tace Unshed at this charge, I nit. he only said — 'T\\(M]f\ (wo, t\\cnf\ ihreo, twenty loui, twenl\ h\e, o\\cnt\-^i\. At this tinuie the neiohboni e-ot upon the fence in -nine haste, and --aid . ' "*> on mean, low Inediaseal' for twopence I could knock \om eiaeked heado\ti a baill, and I would 'Twents ~e\cn, twenty - ei^hl, I went h nine, I huh, I huh one, thiity two, Unity thiee ikietln lui^hlioui hmke toi the hou-e, an(i outeiinv, it violent 1\ -lammed the dooi lic'mncl him. Keiibon--loud out t hoi o alone m his own^aid, and kept- on counting, while his buininu ehei-ks and Hashing on c- elo(]uenll\ atlu nu d his )ud'4inent. When lit, '^o( up ni(o the <. i<_dilies his \\ Ue came to the dooi in -ome iilu in ' Wh\, Reuben-, man, w hat is the maUet with \on''' -he said, ' I'ocome into the hou-e." Hut Ik 1 went on. She came out tohim.and elnn^ ii embhntrlvto him, but, he onl> looked into hei eye-, ami --aid - ' .\ineh tlnee, ninety tour, nine(> li\e, nineh -t\, nine(\ se\en, ninety nine-h nine, one hu lulled — '40 into the hou-e 01 111 bu-t >c." \nd \\i>nt.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 264, 16 May 1888, Page 6
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403How to Keep Cool Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 264, 16 May 1888, Page 6
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