THE MISSING WORD.
The teacher had been trying for weeks to impress upon the mind of one of her pupils, a little street urchin, the use of the word "please." One day the little fellow hurried into the schoolroom saying—''Teacher, tie my tie." She, seeing her opportunity of another lesson in politeness, said, "If you If you
——" He gazed at her with a look of surprise, and finally said, "If you
can."
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 17 February 1915, Page 3
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72THE MISSING WORD. Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 17 February 1915, Page 3
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