A SINGULAR DEFORMITY.
There is a lad in Wellington, says the Observer, with a. singular .deformity. In early childhood he was dropped to the ground by a nurse and the lower part of his spine was permanently injured. There has. since been no growth about his nether limbs. He is now seventeen years of age, and though his body -has the nominal development of a boy of those years, his legs and feet are those of an infant. His only means of locomotion are the palms of his hands and his tiny 1 stumps of legs. For some years he has attended the Mount Cook Boys' School, and here a beautifully sympathetic vein in the character of his schoolfellows was developed. Every day the boys used to organise themselves in parties of four, and carry their afflicted fellow-student to and from, school. Of late they have gone further, and subscribed for and purchased a little go-cart, by means of which they have conveyed him either to school or down town as he might desire. The lad has shown himself particularly bright at school, and instead of going back after the present holidays, he is to be put under proper training to become an artist, having already shown considerable aptitude with brush and palette.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5462, 14 January 1896, Page 3
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213A SINGULAR DEFORMITY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5462, 14 January 1896, Page 3
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