HID HIS FEATURES
' Yes, I have a pretty big mouth, for a fact,' admitted the candid man, ' but I have learned to keep it shut, and that counts for something when you take your levels. I received a lesson when I was a small boy, that I have never forgotten. I was born and brought up on a farm and I had the country boy habit of going around with my mouth wide open, especially if there was anything unusual going on. One day an uncle, whom I Tiad not seen for years, paid us a visit. ' Hullo, uncle,' said I, looking at him with my mouth opened like a barn door. ' He looked at me for a moment without answerng, and then said : ' " Close your mouth, sonny, so I can see who you are." ' I took the lesson to heart,' said the candid man, ' and resolved that from that day I would not allow my mouth 10 conceal my identity. '
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New Zealand Tablet, 26 November 1908, Page 38
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161HID HIS FEATURES New Zealand Tablet, 26 November 1908, Page 38
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