A YOUNG PICKLE.
A small boy had been having a day of unmitigated outrageousness, such as all children who do not die young are likely to have at times, and when he was ready for bed his mother said to him—
'When you say your prayers, Georgie, a9k God to make you a better boy. You have been very naughty to-day.',
The youngster. accordingly put up his petitions in-the -usual form, and then,- before closing with ' amen,' he added—
'And please, God, make me a good boy. 1 He paused a second, and then, to the utter consternation of his mother, concluded with unabated gravity—
■ ■.' Nevertheless, not my will, O Lord, but Thine be done.'
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Thames Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 7083, 15 January 1892, Page 1
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115A YOUNG PICKLE. Thames Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 7083, 15 January 1892, Page 1
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