Master Tom, who is home for the holidays, found a box of sweetmeats one morning in a drawer, and his mother was relating ia the eveuing, with very justifiable indignna- ' tion, how the young Scapegrace had emptied the box " It's not true," cried Master Tom "I left two." His godfather, naturally surprised, took him aside, and asked him in confidence why he had not eateu them. "Oh " replied the youngster with a sigh, "because I couldn't."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 2041, 22 September 1874, Page 4
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76Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Star (Christchurch), Issue 2041, 22 September 1874, Page 4
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