Miscellaneous.
‘ Give us this day our daily beer,’ said Flossie, as she was repeating her nightlyprayer. ‘ What do you mean by that, Flossie ?’ sharply demanded her mother. ‘ I was praying for papa. He dosea’t care much for bread, anyhow.’ Philanthropic Party ; ‘ You said your family were starving, and I gave you a shilling. Now I find you spending it for liquor.’ Sad-eyed Party : ‘ Well, you see, friend, the sight of my family starving to death so unnerves me that I have to drink to keep up my courage to face them,’
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Wairoa Bell, Volume IV, Issue 155, 22 July 1892, Page 6
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91Miscellaneous. Wairoa Bell, Volume IV, Issue 155, 22 July 1892, Page 6
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