A: Cincinnati man found a rough looking individual in his cellar. " Who are you ?" lie demanded. ''The gas man come to take the meter," was the reply. " Great heavens!" cried the householder. "I hoped yaik were only a burglar."
The best gifts—those that we should covet above all others did we comprehend their value—are not those which may or may not chance to come to us, but thoae which must inevitably follow us when we are good and true, faithful and wise. The worst calamities are not those which may come upon us unawares, but those that'follow from conscious wrong-doing. ••rWeli,,well," said Billingfcon, majestically,' " we inqsn't be too severe on the youog feH«w»» r I suppose jftfras as big a foolas,aipy of,them when I,iJwas,young. " Yeg," replied Fogg, " aod you're not an tfld tutu aowi Billiogtoo."
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3897, 25 June 1881, Page 4
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135Untitled Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3897, 25 June 1881, Page 4
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