NOT SO YOUNG.
It was in church, and the clergy, man stepped down to christen t_ e children. While christening one of them he said to a very young-looking man:
"You are far too young to stand as sponsor to this child," Whereupon the young man, much abashed, replied meekly in ft voice; "Please, sir, I'm his father,"
Bobby: Pa, what has that man got in his mouth? Pa: A cigarette, Bobby. . * I Bobby: I want a cigarette. Pa: No, Bobby; not until you arrive at the age of indiscretion.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 52, 2 March 1901, Page 2 (Supplement)
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