THE TERRIBLE SMALL BOY.
The other day a chemist was.awakened about one o'clock in the morning by a boy clamouring at his shop dpor. , Opening his bedroom window, he Saw a small boy, who was gesticulating wildly. ;'f~ A ■ 'What's the matter?' inquired the. chemist. '. . '~-.. T want a penn'orth o'- camphtSrattejl , chloroform for t' toothache,' howled, the lad. '.' ". .[ The chemist was not overjoyed when he found how small the oTdefr was for which he had been so rudely'■ awakened from his slumber, but tak--ing pity on the sufferer, ""he dressed himself and went downstairs to sup- , ply the much-desired relief. While' measuring the drug, he could not he_js • doing a growl at the lad. '■ . 'It's like your cheek,' he observed, 'to wake me up at this time of tbes night for a paltry pennyworth; o__ chloroform.' 'Oh, is it?' said the boy, resentfully* 'then I'll take my custom somewhere. . else. You,can keep your chloroform* ■■ I won't have it now for your impudence.' And he didn't. He went off quite* indignantly, nursing his jaw, to wake up another chemist. ~ .
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 5, 7 January 1899, Page 3 (Supplement)
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178THE TERRIBLE SMALL BOY. Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 5, 7 January 1899, Page 3 (Supplement)
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