TAKING AN OATH.
A Glasgow boy had been summoned as a witness in a case before theMunioipal Court, His mother took great pains in instructing him as to his behaviour, and was particularly solicitous as to his doing at once, without a moment's hesitation, whatever he might be asked. The hour of trial arrived, and Jock, in Mb '' Sunday claes," set out for the court in high spirits, He had not been gone long when he returned, sobbing bitterly. 1 ' The. following colloquy ensued : !' What's- wranYwj' ye, laddie?" "Naemuckle," " " Ay, but what's wrang wi' ye!" "Naemuckle, Iteltye," At length hia mother succeeded in eliciting the truth.
" Weel they tuk me into a big room wi' a duel wi'a white pow (head) sittln' his lane, an 1 a lot o' mair chiels sittin' below him, and the chiel wi' the white powaxod me ma name, An' I tellt hjmi ''Jook M'NaV And he telt' me, * M'Nah, haiid up yer han' ahi'sweir, 1 An' I put up my han', and Baid,' Damn your een, sir;' and they put me oot,"
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 2165, 8 December 1885, Page 2
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178TAKING AN OATH. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 2165, 8 December 1885, Page 2
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