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The word "furlough" occurred in » roading lesson of a primary grade in one of the public schools, says the Philadelphia. " Ledger." The teacher asked if any boy or girl knew the meaning of the word. One small hand was raised and shaken vigorously in the eagerness of the urchin to display his knowledge. When he received permission to speak, he rose, and with the greatest assurance said : •'Funlough means a. mule." Not a whit disturbed at the teacher's "Oh, no, it doesn't," the small boy confix d&ntly answerecSl: " I have the book at home that says so." Then the teacher told him he might bring the book to school and show it to her. The next morning he came armed with the book, and 1 triumphantly showed "her the picture of an American soldier astride a mule, linden which was printed, " Going home on' his furlough."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7802, 5 September 1903, Page 3
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