WE WERE YOUNG ONCE
■jITY present study looks out on a nice sunny quiet street, said a bachelor speaking in a 8.8. C. address, the playground of all the children of the district; so out of school hours and all day long in holiday time I have the sound of children’s voices at their play. And really, for one who cannot live in the country, it is the best substitute for the song of birds. Of course, I get a window broken at times. Then the culprit comes, supported bv his friends, end t~ n «
about it He is moved to this virtuous conduct, I fear, by the conviction that if he does not tell me, someone else will. Then I say that as all were playing, one is no more to blame than the rest. This is the cut for some other boy to say that they will all put pennies together on Saturday to pay lor the damage. I applaud the suggestion, but say that I could not let a boy pay for what was a pure accident. And
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 81, 6 April 1938, Page 13
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