POLITE JOHNNY.
Johnnie Twiehell belonged to a very large family, and although Mamma Twiehell meant to make things come out even at meals, sometimes the children’s big appetites would quite exhaust one dish before everylxxly hail as much as he wanted.
So Johnnie was used to hearing his mamma say, ‘There is no more chocolate. Johnnie; you will have to take milk.' or 'The steak is all gone, let me give you some ham.’ One evening he was taking tea with a. lady, who asked him if he would have milk or water to drink. ‘Thank you,’ said Johnnie, ‘I will take whichever you have the most of.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXI, Issue V, 30 July 1898, Page 159
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108POLITE JOHNNY. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXI, Issue V, 30 July 1898, Page 159
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