TURNED HIM OUT.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 999, 29 April 1909, Page 22

TURNED HIM OUT.

His father chanced to be at the station as the spoilt child stepped from the train. “ Why, Thomas, what are you home for?” said the old man. “ I thought the holidays didn’t begin till Tuesday next.” “So they don’t,” replied Thomas, looking round for his trunk. ‘‘Well, I thought you weren’t coming back till the end of the term?” “ Changed my mind,” was the young hopeful’s reply. “ and I ain’t going back.” “ Not going back?” gasped the astonished father. “ Don’t like it there,” snapped Thomas. ■‘Don’t like it?” again repeated the old man. “ But, my son, it is a fine school —a renowned school. It has turned out some of the smartest men in the country.” “ Quite right, dad,” said Thomas, shouldering Irs Gladstone. “ They turned me out!”