DETERMINATION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16267, 6 November 1920, Page 10

DETERMINATION.

(By WALT MASON.)

Jonah said he’d bet some kale he could travel in a whole. All the vil- ■ logt- sports were shocked and thev .joriied him and they mocked. “No one ‘’ever yet,” they cried, “journeyed in a whale s blame. It would oe ail Kind? " "ol lun, but, alas 1 it can’t be done. For the fish’s throat’s so small it can’t bolt .... big things nt all; even if you got inside you'd bo smothered soon,” they 1 'ciud; “you could not the (rip endure, . lor the ventilation’s poor.” “That’s tii,* way all tinhorns spiel,” answered . ' -lotia-h, off the reel; “just, because no . ,'oti-er male ever travelled in a whale, insist it ca|’t be did, but I’ll bet ' my ."mbbath lid that I’ll pull the stunt 0! • iong, .just to show you’re all in/ wrong. No one ever makes a hit 'if he s willing to admit that a stunt’s beyond his skill; he should say, ‘I can! I will!’ Obstacles are doubtless there, trouble, grief and woe to spare, he must face a score of foes, but he laughs atthings like those. Men who falter, ; doubt and quail, never travel in a v whale. When I say I’ll do a thing you may bet your wedding ring that I’ll : win or break a slat; ypu may bet your roll on that.” * : -K • •• ■ . ■jw —.......... i, I , Darwin records a case of a nectarine tree which produced its proper fruit up to twenty years of age, then produced a half and half fruit; and next year a pertoct, poach.