John Understood.
A young and enthusiastic curate in the North rarely misses an opportunity to preach a sermon, and does, not always wait for a large congregation. John, the gardener at the vicarage, rarely attended church, and the energetic youn* curate was in th* habit of dropping into tho garden during the week and giving him a few extracts from the previous Sundava discourse. On one occasion the rev. gentleman made use of the word " unconsequential, w.hereat John dropped his spade and began to scratch his poll in a puzzled sort of "Inconse— what?" he demanded. "Ah !" wa« the reply. "I ccc you don t understand the meaning of the term. Inconsequential means of little account — of no moment. Do you Tind-prstand now?" "Yi3, Aw think Aw does," returned John. "Let me see. You comes into this 'ere gard<»n pretty oft, but it-, sorter inconsequential — 'cos you can't do very much good and you won't do a dral o' harm. *i*, Aw think Aw understands!"
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Otago Witness, Issue 2762, 20 February 1907, Page 78
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165John Understood. Otago Witness, Issue 2762, 20 February 1907, Page 78
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