I CAUSE FOR GLADNESS. Twas eventide. The boy stood on the bridge clapping his hands vigorously. Beyond the brow of the hill a dull red glow suffused the sky. "Ah, little boy," remarked the stranger, who was rather near sighted, "it does my heart good to see you appreciate yon beautiful elpud effect." "Yes, sir," replied the lad. "I've been watching it for ten minutes." "A real poet without a doubt. And do you often watch sunsets, my little boy?" "Sunsets! Why. that ain't a sunset, sir, that's our school burning down!" ft************************* be able to jrlve you a correspondent later on. Dorothy Brocbe—l have already placed the tle'sffrn' Tor the In hand. Mollie Little—l will hope to hear m6re rroni'ypu t'n Uio future. (THE REMAINDER OF THE LETTERS WILL RE ANSWERED NEXT WEEK, AS THERE IS NO ROOM LEFT.)
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Auckland Star, Volume 246, Issue 246, 16 October 1926, Page 25
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