OUT OF CONSIDERATION
The report from school was not exactly flattering to Charlie's industry, and his parent in no very polite*terms ■expressed his intentions regarding a continuation of such.
When "the scowldin' had lasted fur a long toime," Charlie thought it was "about toime he put in a wurrd fur hissilf." "There's plinty iv the bhoys worse thin me," he explained.
Angry parent: "Oi don't care three sthraws whithir, there is or nawt, yell hey till be the best in the whole school. Do yez hear thet "
Charlie: "Shure, yez wudn't hey me affront the masther?"
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 15 May 1912, Page 7
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96OUT OF CONSIDERATION Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 15 May 1912, Page 7
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