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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 113, 3 June 1901, Page 4

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is rr>...-d c [.-:■; aiar-t.day, th« eminent ids:..:::.;■ a,:r • .-'.i.:a: en on« 'occasion !r v.vr.t : ■ '■- •■'.-ir-ii 10 purchase j somf ' '■!..'. <•■ ■• ■•■ ■i< ■■'■ .d\a\s very fond;, "a '<: a-. In: vas i:\d.:ni'ihe purchase, some'ciiilurci' ua:. lii s., 1. =. i rim. Crowding a.'0,..) i. r ->• srdd •■ . ',-.■ poin' to sing, and '.hofc-n-i :r, lullowcri him into the street, v.l eie, :v. •' ■-. t- say. they wore disappointed hi:, ■.■■■:: ::ii'.vn that Macaulay had a very reica ■-., a a.a nary, and on CM occasion he is said l.: i.ue modestly asserted Xhat. it i>y so::c ;<vi... u : r .v.'.; of fortune, all 'theccpies of ■• iVr.»i; .e 1.--*t" and "Pilgrims Progress" sh id ; a ■->■.; . -.it of existence, ■he would :«j(i.-:c i,. :rj them almost wo-d v.'ir.' a-.at aeinory. He lived and • . ... h.ali J ■•:. „.-., v.hen asked why he rll.i ■ i .-.■.:;-<., ha i. to smile and «ayhene\:: . ai'ia : : .■ ''dag. Dr. John / a :• :< ..■:::','. a: ugly man, and it is :.'•.: :'i.. ' \ ■•■.■,- ',,. his personal friend atai -: •: ■!:. ■. led live hundred pounds tntl.- a.:'::!,„ .. ■■ ■■ of his babies because she v is : a' :,■'•. _d a .:■■■} m Johnson's ugly fare " "'1 he ;..■;: i iidiei was a glutton a; :!i. t •!.'.. -J in,; .-;.ea.dng much (during rat, ::■■:■', naare'y even err, itting anything :;-.;„•. th.'i ,-i rude „r. ■"■'■'! when spoken '.r. > : i.d was !:e ■.■■' his toad that, as Mr.cv...;;, , a.. ,;. ~■ a r- : his dinner like a :\ia:.-.:i . ,\- I,a da 'he ■ :-- =wlh; OK down !■:■■. rl-t.' d r - a :;.:.d, indeed, througi a; ids :,.<• ' .- a-; ■• -'-da remarkably vt.: ;:d -. . • 'd.- -. aher used torelaaasar .:,. _•.-. ■]. ,hd ii. d which Sufficiently u ;.:, .; : ■ th; fa„i. On one occasion, sh-'dis :.;, i>cir:rr ■ rairoas of keeping him £id- '.■•' a.'.hdc. whd.a she did Bomethiiij: i:i the ay; i: rooa--. she gave him . a book and I' id !: da ;.. 'e.a i . a tail, hymn (by heart. Six■ then !■ I hj::.., nd proceeded [upstairs; l>u! sl,o li.id i:i. icached the 'second ll is hi «hen "Sv:i;>;: ' ca:r.erunning «p after her. (ircl.uii-g that he had learnt it. JHe thertuf-fn icpeatcd u straight, off, although, ashlsr.iother tells us, he could no* liavereacl it ti,r<::d; more than once. v Sir Waller I'ci.it. whilst at school, was DOted for his Mnpiddy inl«irning , he would whei. he ihourat lie would." He (Was generally to be ionnd at the foot of the (Class, bat at limes he was stirred up by an Ambition to figure at the head of his class. jDn one occ.asinn, inspired by this noble desire, he was led to adopt by no means noble expedients to altair. his end. He had passed up to the second from the head, and there he stayed. The boy who was at the bead saw that Walter was trying to take iu» place, and he. therefore, worked hard and kept bis position, so that for days the two boys were battling with each other, but finally Walte r , despairing of passing his fellow by >air means, determined to pass him J>y a strategic movement. He soon noticed that this boy, whenever asked to answer a question, always started nervously clutching B buttoa r- the bottom of his waistcoat This was Walter's chance. As soon as he law the master coming he took his penknife, and quietly, unobserved, cut off the offending button. The master came, put a question to the head boy, and he immediately dioppeo his hand in, search of the iaithinspiring button, but finding it gone, ha blushed, stammered, and forgot' he answer. Thai Walter won the position he sought.