A CRUSHING RETORT

New Zealand Tablet, 20 December 1906, Page 37

A CRUSHING RETORT

!'"• " ' < It" is- said that Professor blackie .often told' this on- himself.' - TMs : genial old -professor -used j^;to form a.yery picturesque figure Jin the " - 'Edinburgh' : -streets.. He , was a wiry "old patriarch/ with handsomefeatures and- hair falling in ringlets afibut-'iiis" shoulders- ~ no one who ' had' seen 'him could possibly forget 1 him ." " One <ia7 he "was accosted: by-.a. :f very dirty little boot-".' black, with, his 'Shine your boots/ six'?' The *pro|es-^ sor -was : impressed by the filihiness "of .„ the boy's face". I don t want a shine, my lad,' said^h-e. ' Butr if you 11 go ' and. wash your- face I'll giye" you. sixpence.' 1 A richt, sir,' was the lad's reply. : Then he went ' over to the neighboring • fountain' and made his ablu— - Ol Wi Returning, he held out his hand for the money " 'Well,, my lad,' said the professor, "you have earned your .sixpence: Here it is; 1 '" ''< - . i. flinna Ayant it,' returned the boy, . with a ,lordly air. \ou,.can keep it' and 'get yb-r hWr'cut?'