THE LAW AND THE PROFITS.
Mrs. Sumpkin's eldest boy hud gone West, and a fiicnd of the family was making Borne inquiries about him. " I understand John is an attorney," he eaid. "Yes, and he got lots of business," she answered, with a mother's pride. " Is he a criminal lawyer ? " A shadow fell upon the good old lady's face. " No, not yet," she said. "Leastways he ain't told me. But I'm afraid he will be. The law ib so dreadful tempting." GOOD NEWS FROM HOME. " Did ye read the Prisidint's missage, Pat ? " " No, I did not." " Sure ye ought. He gives good news of Uncle Mike an' his famlyinold Ireland." " Does he, though ? An' what does he nay of thim ? " " Sure, he says our foreign relations are all right."
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7337, 2 April 1887, Page 4
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