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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9933, 23 August 1910, Page 3

THE SONG THAT TOUCHED HIS HEART. A couple of sailors just returned from a long voyage strolled into the parlour of a publichouse. Above the rmnblo of the traffic in the stoeet could bo beard a very harsh and unmusical voice. After listening for a moment, ono of the sailors turned to his companion and said : "Eh, Jack, lad, it's a long time since wo heard that song." 'What songp" " The on© that fellow's singine: in the street—'The Light of Other Days.' " "Stow it!" ejaculated the othei, gruffly. " That fellow ain't singing ' The Light of Other Days ' at all. I've been listening to him; he's piping ' The Banks of Allan Water.' " Each sailor wa3 certain that he was right, and, with characteristic contempt for money, a wager was made—a month's pay depended upon the result. " Here, Tommy," called out ono oi the men to the little son of the landlord, " run out and get to know what that fellow is singing.-' Tommy departed o>n his errand, which did not take many minutes. "Well," demanded Jack, "which of us is right?" " Naythur," replied Tommy, grinning. "The fellow is not singing at all; he's hawking herrings!" After crossing the North Sea 1812 times and sailing more than 1,000,000 miles during his forty years' service with the Wilson Line, Captain George Pepper has just completed his last voyage from Christiania to Hull.