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Golden Bay Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1, 2 June 1910, Page 2

One morning, when Abraham Lincoln was on bis way from home to his office, two girls ahead of him were skipping backward on the sidewalk As they neared and were within a few feet of him one of them struck the edge of a brick and fell backward. Before she reached the grornd Mr. Lincoln had caught her in his arms Lifting her tenderly to her feet, he asked the girl her name. • Mary Tuft," she answered, blushing. < Well, Mary," said Mr. Lincoln, smi'-ing, "when you reach home you can truthfully tell your mother you have r ated on Abraham’s bosom.”

At Sheerness are two 9.2 in. guns to defend the coast. About, two years a o they were fired, but the concussion smashed so many windows that they have not been used aim-, a.