IT RAN IN THE FAMILY
"That boy will be tbe death of me some day." declared the head of the family. "I'm sure I don't know where he gets all his impudence and self-assurance; surely nofc from me. He returned home from college the other day to spend the holidays, at I supposed, and, entering my office, he threw his hat- on the floor, selected an easychair, put his feefc on my desk, lit a cigarette, inhaled a few puffs, and then, turning languidly tome, he drawled:—- - "' I say, dad, do you remember the time when you were sent home from college?'
" I did. There was no use denying ifc, for one day in a burst of confidence I had told bim some of my ejicapades as a boy, and lived to regret that I had been so indit-cit-et. "'Well,' said be, 'history has repeated itself.' ' ,
■" 'What do you mean, you young scallawag'i' I. roared:
"Oh/ "said he, easily, Tve been sent home, too. Astonishing, isn't it, dad, how such things will rua in a' family!'" ~ ,-..
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7701, 9 May 1903, Page 3
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176IT RAN IN THE FAMILY Star (Christchurch), Issue 7701, 9 May 1903, Page 3
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