"My piano is very much like my trousers' pockets. When my wife goes into them she often finds nothing but keys, and then there is music." Being desirous of acquiring the rudiments of our profession, says Vice-Admiral Sir William Kennedy in his biography, we youngsters spent ». good deal of time with the boatswain, a line old sail., who used to entertain us with long yarns of his experiences. One day, by way of consolation, he thus addressed one of ihe youngsters who had left home, and was looking rather miserable: "Well, my boy, did your father cry when you left 'o»ne?" " No," said the boy. " 'Ard-'earted old scoundrel! Did your mother cry?" "Yes." "Pore, soft'earted old gal! Did "our sisters cry •"' " Yes." "Tore tender-'curted little fools."
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Dunstan Times, Issue 1974, 29 June 1900, Page 6
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