•He had been talking With St. i'eter, ans' was sent rfown to ihe other gate, where he j was warmly welcomed. " Why are yoafi here ?" aaid-tke'fallen an^el whastoodLguard.'j " I don't know," he replied, "I never did any wrong. I never said an tmkiud word abonfca person in my life " Then the angeV smiled. '"That's all righfc,"»"he-.said, ''come, in. <You'll find thecatje for hypocrites at th> end of the lower corrider, next the farnaca." More About George the Veracious. —Mr *M<iucirre D. Gonway-contributes the follow■ing variant on Wa-hington's cherry tree story:—;'A3 Mrs Jarley was exhiV>iting her wax works at .Frederick^bucg, * i'ginia,' >n effigy of Gfcorgs it; <« wi h * tiny' hatchet and a' cherry banch. performed, on :hoini> wnmd tip, with traditi nal veraciry-i Mrs Jarley explained ttiat when George* Uth- r i-xulaimeJ, ; 'Have yoti.beeu cutting my cherry tree?' the boy replie-l, 'Father I cnnot tell a lie;.it is a chestnut.'"
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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 5, 16 January 1892, Page 7
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