A Manchester lawyer noticed that hia , youthful son, who waa Btadying arithmetic, seemed very restless. Getting impatient, the father broke out : 'Whab on earth aila yau? Why can't you sit still? Wriggling about every minute.' ♦ It's all your fault, 1 I murmured the boy. 'Why is it V ' Cos I ABlied you laßt night how many a billion [ wan, and you wM it was a thuadering lot. Teaoher aaked me the same question, today, J and I gave the lame reply. That* why I can't keep still.'
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Southland Times, Issue 14814, 15 December 1900, Page 2 (Supplement)
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87Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Southland Times, Issue 14814, 15 December 1900, Page 2 (Supplement)
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