WELL THRASHED

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13983, 14 August 1909, Page 6

WELL THRASHED

With an air of melancholy resignation, twelve-year-old Horance went to his teacher the other day and handed in the following note from his mother before taking his seat: — "Dear Sir. — Please excuse Horace for not being present yesterday. He played truant, but you needn't thrash him for it, as the boy he played truant with on' him fell out, an' he thrashed Horace; an' a man they threw stones at caught him an' thrashed him; an' the driver ot a cart they huug on to thrashed him ; an' the owner of a cat they chased thrashed him. Then I thrashed him when he came home, after which his father thrashed him, an' I ad to give him another one for being impudent to me for telling his father. So you need not thrash him until next time. He thinks he'd better attend regular in future."