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f Letters from Bibendum to a Self-made i "• »m. » i splendid essay, my boy," said thft dear 6ld Vicur, "ana i *1, Fulham Road, • a m sure y®u wrote it so well because the error of your London, S.W. former ways has really struck home to you." "Yes,' bir," said Warty, with a little braak in his pure .young treble. January 24th, 1912. :s Ah, yes, J> went on the Vicar, beaming kindly at his little My dear Miles,— At the present moment your place is at - .A\ wj&jjT s the business end of a moral toasting fork ; and for sound ■ * jl\ '2*** lw s N. reasons I'm just going to keep you \rell down on the coal- (M t <z.^ ftJivCnufl (^S-fly*"** glow for a goodish bit. «^r~7V^/ 'r^^SM^m 7 2/ i^.' You see, I've never yet been convinced by the application ', I^^™^™!!^!]]^ of any of the ordinary ?jw amateur stage-direc- Mf,- '' fafrff^frjjj /^^^jf/MSffl^* '! HU J nahuall y begin to " « A yigitfid essay my isy," stiii the dear old Vicar. ', '"*" . , hose for signs of de- ' • ■ n „ "Eve never yet been etnvince*. cay, all the same. friend; "and you"re taking something home to Mother? —,*.. , , . . .«- A., tt «. "Yes, sir," said Warty, "a nice vegetable marrow, sir." That is just why I have been sniffing round that « rotten . >And) & e vicar wou i d ha ve felt no breath of suspicion if** badly-budt spa.c cover" yarn you have teen draping- such v t momeßl some passm g ducks had not quacked. The a lot of blofr-jmce over. And let me say right heie. that a when the nice vegetable marrow in the bag bad argument is Tike a dead rat under the flooring : tlie more Suacked back, it is 'dwelt on, the easier it is to locate. H ' _, , , »,. , t, .j Spare the duck and spoil me yarn was Warty s trouble. The mistake you made, was sending the Kings Evidence y JJ Ue fa that you r ducked the spare and spoilt the righJ; along and letting it talk for itself. j ust the »me. You can't side-step it; every stain Your sending me that cover reminds me of tlie unsuccess- round that burst is a double-bass quack to the effect that ful bid William Anstruther Ronald Thorold Young — > you ha*e left that cover out in the wet for weeks. The commonly' known as Warty from his initials — nude to soakagc has gone right through ; which is another proof regain the .confidence of the Vicar of Loam- > of your utter carelessness ; and altogether I think you had well. When Warty, was about twelve he a &$. better start in, right now, to gel sense, developed v keen interest in taking care of Perhaps iL wiu he lp you to know that that cover never any unconsidcred trifles he could find lying would hive burst suddenly if you had kept it dry all the round loose in people's gardens and back- J j d frOm th / i; and air \ n a terpnxrf yards But in the stilF watches of one wia nper. And here's another bit of elementary informa- ■ ™ urk y ™g ht . he - extended his operations to ft .W f gu i dance: if you stor<J S p are covers in a the \icar'3 vegetable garden, aud, next William d atmosphL they will perish. Leave them in their morning, g» dto that gentleman's cook half Amtruther . iCrig £ al wra f pers . ke ep them off the floor ; and see that a barrow load of fresh young potatoes.. jt mmld 'your garage s dry Also, when you get home after a wet ™lI a , S 'n CS T,f ft,- W* ( l IC ii Vr eld ' ' «». don't make .a break for that bath and change, until then was a strong cane that had no turning. Tor three • >£ J & .^ he kh ift ,he kllows narrow path was, just about the widest thing in turnpikes coversartd filling up their surface cuts. on the survey. Then he won the Sunday School piuc ' ' • Your sincere friend, for an essay on Honesty. Next day the Vicar stopped . , BIBENDUM. him and shook hands. Warty was carrying a bag. "A (28) MICHELIN TYRES can be obtained from all the leading Garages: k Whoj£|&le_A£cnU {'oiMichslin Cycle *nd Major Cycle Tym;J. Jpvpiykopa &>Co,, Ltd., WeUingtenjuid. ChnsvchyfcJv
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 69, 21 March 1912, Page 4
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