A tnunp, very h;nd up for tobacco, decided to bcj» ii.r fo:iic. Ho niiit r>everal men and asked Ihnn to ?ive him a "■fill," but- they Jill hoi the- fame reply: " Havena' got ony." Evo-ntu.iily he made up his mind to charge his tactics. On sreing a %(>un,r man cornin;.' down the road smoking bis pipe very fn-dy. ho we:.t up to him and said: "Bet: pirdon, v;ou!d you want to buy two ounces o' tobacco?" " Xo, | thank you; sot. plenty," was the reply. j "Gled tae hejir't." said the tramp. " Ye're jist tli' man I'm lookin' fur. Gie'e what'H mak' a smoke." ! An instructor in a church school where I much attention was paid to eacied history, ! dwelt particularly on the phrase "And I Enoch was not, for God took him." So j many times v. as this repeated in connection i vrith the death of Enoch that he thought even the dullest pupil would answer correctly when asked in examination: Statu in the e.sa<:t hmguaae of the Bible what is said of Enoch's death. But thi6 was thft answer he got: " Enoch was not what God -took bin* lor."
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Evening Star, Issue 14548, 24 April 1911, Page 4
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191Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 Evening Star, Issue 14548, 24 April 1911, Page 4
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