A TRAGEDY OF SILENCE.
Arthur, who is forbidden to speak at the boardinehouse tah'e, had his revenge the other day. As dinner began he was uneasy, and finally said: "Ma, can t I speak just one word?' „ "Yon know the rule. Arthur. ■"Not one word?” “No. Arthur, not until your father finishes the paper.” Arthur subsided until the paper was finished, when ho was asked what ho had to say. ‘ “Oh. nothing! Only Norali .put the custards outside the window to cool, and the cat has been eating them up!”
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8190, 3 August 1912, Page 9
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90A TRAGEDY OF SILENCE. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8190, 3 August 1912, Page 9
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