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On the eighth stroke of the clock Jones awoke with a start. 4 ‘Gosh! " he said. “What a head I’ve gotl I can’t go to the office to-dayl" He reached for the 'phone and called hie employer’s private number. “It's no use wrapping things up," he said. “Last night I was out with |the boys, and I'm ashamed to say I over-did it. I wonder if I could have the day off?” “Well/ 7 was the reply. “I admire your candour, Jones, and I shall expect you at 9.00 to-morrow. As for the day off, it’s yours. To-day is Sunday." When we are young, «alas, for callow youth, W T e treasure baseless myths as sacred truth, Till disillusioned and submerged in doubt, We laugh at faith and cast devotion out. When we are young and charlatans be* tray, Their worthless dopes we test and cast away; To ler.* 1 -'*t but one devotion sure— Belief in w cuds' Great Peppermint Cure.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 237, 7 October 1938, Page 9
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163STIFF Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 237, 7 October 1938, Page 9
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