A GOOD RECOMMENDATION.
‘Sir,’ said a lad, coming to one of the wharves in Boston, and addressing a well-known merchant— * sir, have you any berth for me on your ship ’ I want to earn something.’ * What can you do !’ asked the gentleman. * I can try my best to do whatever I am put to,'answered the boy. * What have yon done ?’ * I have sawed and split all mother’s wood for nigh two years.’ * What have you not done ?’ asked the gentleman, who was a queer sort of a questioner. ‘Well, sir, I have not whispered once in school for a whole year,’ answered the boy, after a moment’s pause. ‘ That’s enough,’ said the gentlemen ; * you may ship aboard this vessel, and I hope to see you master of her some day. A boy wbo can master a wood pile, and bridle bis tongue, must be made of good stuff.’
The man who wrote that * the horse was man’s best friend,’ never went in for betting on racecourses.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue IV, 25 January 1896, Page 111
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166A GOOD RECOMMENDATION. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue IV, 25 January 1896, Page 111
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