Fmuiy.
Th« other day a boy employed ah a works in Burnley, having done which displeased his employer, the latter told the l«d to " Pub hit coat on and go home " This the lad did, but the following morning we* at his work its usual. When his master saw him he exclaimed :
"What are you doing here? I thought I gave you the sack yesterday ? " "So you did," the lad replied; "and don't; do it again. I nearly got a goid hiding from father through it."
The "bosa" was so much sbruck with this quaint view of the matter that he allowed the lad to remain.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2200, 30 April 1896, Page 52
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106Fmuiy. Otago Witness, Issue 2200, 30 April 1896, Page 52
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