H-E-I-N-O-U-S

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 5, 31 January 1907, Page 37

H-E-I-N-O-U-S

'An easy word ! ' Perhaps ,^ but, say, .. N It tripped our ninth-grade genius, ■ . Fred Thorne, who read, the other day : ' The. crime was truly heenyus.' Then Albert Morris tried his 1 hand', And, well, you should, have seen us Look puzzled when he failed to land ; For Al just called .it heenus. 'Twas Tom McFarlin stumbled next (Tom says his State's moun-tain-yus) ; And teacher looked vexed When he pronounced it -haneyus. x Ted Williams v thought he had it sure, And, anxious to outshine us, Said glibly, with his air demure : 'Of coarse the right way's. hienus.' ' Of course 'tis not !' then teacher cried, In tones that always pain .us ; ( You .stupid boys, I'm mortified : . The word is simply haynus.'