COURAGE WANTED THERE.
Professor Joksom, though a man oS profound erudition, was Essentially a sportsman,, and, moreover," a great' favourite among - undergraduates at the University of Oxbridge. » *** *,
One evening »he*gave a dinner party, to which he ir-vited?a number* of his youthful, friends. Afterwards, when the b'a"u of reminiscence, began to roll, he suddenly took down a'magniliceiit sword which hung, over the fireplace, and. brandishing It above his head, exclaimed: "Never shall I forjvf-t the day when for the first time I drew this trusty b'ade."
The company immediately became alert, expecting one of the professor's thrilling, if somewhat fanciful stories. Then asked an awe-stricken fresh-
man: "And where did ycu draw it, sir?" "Where did I draw it?" said the professor. "Oh, in a raffle."
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Waipa Post, Volume VII, Issue 343, 25 August 1914, Page 3
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125COURAGE WANTED THERE. Waipa Post, Volume VII, Issue 343, 25 August 1914, Page 3
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