FATHER'S PROFESSION.
"I'lea-r. -ir." -aid the siivei urchin, ■■■/,y v „- a copper!" ■ill five y„u a -copper' all rijiht!' eXclann.-d the city rnercliant. "if von "... about lic'jejiii"! Can't your father support you':"' The urchin. -1 k l,i. head "Wiiill is ~,„„. |atli,-|-;" '•Whv. -ir.' •.-', me falhov." ■'Yes; I,„|, what is he'" "T.'s me step father."* "Ye-, ye-; lull, what is hi- prolc-ioi,.' Does he drive liti-e-. sweep cliinincvs. nr •■nl,." answered the urchin, the li K lit ni coiiipri-hi-n-inu il.iwiiinir on his fn.-e ■ ""<>h! No; '<- ain't done nolliink -in. a wc ...I 'ini!" New York i- rapidly catching bunion in point ..f poulation. She now boasts of ::.i:(7.llnn > pie. while the lal,-t linn- irive l/.ndon l.:i:iii..-itl. In Cermanv all workmen, -ervanl-. and '-Icrk- above -ixtcen. and eeltiitL' les- than Cino a year, arc oldi.red Inlaw t-. iii-urc a-ainst old njie. in t'..ui- .Mar- a j.air of ral.hits could j —cure a progeny of nearly l.oOO.dfKi. | A .1...- i-ahl.it produce- as inaiiv as .seven I i.iiuili.- iu a v.-ar.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 108, 25 April 1908, Page 4
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167FATHER'S PROFESSION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 108, 25 April 1908, Page 4
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