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A good-sized boy was hurrying along the street, dragging his two-year-old brother after him, in spite of the loud protests of the chill, when a benevolentlooking old gentleman stopped him. ‘ My son,’ said the old gentleman, regarding him with kindly eyes, how old are you?’ ‘Twelve,’ answered the boy. ‘ You’re a stout lad for that age. I should have taken you to be fourteen. Never been sick much, have you V No, sir. ‘ I thought not. You enjoy your victuals, sleep like a top, and can play ball all day without gettingtired, can’t you?’ ‘ Yes, sir.’ ‘ I was sure of it. I wish I had a boy like you.’ ‘What for?’ ‘ So I could turn him over my knee and spank him. Pick up that baby and carry him, you young savage, or I shall be tempted to consider you my boy, for all practical purposes, right now.’
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New Zealand Tablet, 7 December 1911, Page 2502
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150ALMOST ADOPTED New Zealand Tablet, 7 December 1911, Page 2502
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