A lady has sent the Liverpool Post an envelope and ; letter brought back to her house tlirough the returned letter branch of the Post Office. The envelope borne a childish scrawl m lead ..pencil which ran : "To the dear God m i ! .a--ven," and the Post Office, quaintly stamped it "Insufficiently addressed,' arid returned it. Inside, ov a tiny slip, was written: T'Dear God, please make mother better ; she is M rs -, of Hu .- kisson street." . .Mrs had been unwell, and her daughter, aged 6, unknown to anyone • else,, wrote, and posted this touching little prayer. ■
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19070504.2.42.34
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10963, 4 May 1907, Page 2 (Supplement)
Word Count
96Untitled Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10963, 4 May 1907, Page 2 (Supplement)
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in