JUST HIS LUCK
The^parents .of a Sydney lad, a pupil in- one of the" public schools, are fond of boasting that their hopeful has never missed a day's attendance at school during . a period of eleven years. ' . On one occasion the proud father was asked to explain how this apparently impossible feat, had- been accomplished. ' Did he have the usual childish diseases— measles, whooping cough,' and so on ? ' the father was asked. • Oh, yes.' ' How, then, could he have always been at school ?' ' The fact is,' explained the father, ' he always had 'em during the holidays. 1
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 22, 4 June 1908, Page 38
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97JUST HIS LUCK New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 22, 4 June 1908, Page 38
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