W. Somerset Maugham
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He never permitted a trifle like this to unsettle his patience.
He just kept on wearing that gabardine until it had no nap, and the wads wouldn't stick.
But when they took to dipping them in mucilage, he made a complaint to the board of directors.
Young man, said the chairman.
If you don't like our ways, ye'd better sling your blankets and git
Prentice to Mulford tort school year for more and six months, and he never said a word again the wads.
Mr Greel briefly explained that Mr Mulford might have been brought up to paper wads and didn't mind them.
It ain't no use, said another director.
The children have got to be amused.
Mr Greel protested that there were other amusements quite as diverting, but the third director here rose and remarked
I perfectly agree with the cheer, but
This youngster better travel.
I consider as paper wad's lies at the root of popular education.
They're a necessary adjunct of the school system.
Mr Chairman, I move in second, but this year school marsh to be shot.
Mr Grill did not remain to observe the result of the voting.
End of chapter twenty seven
Chapter twenty eight of the Fiend's Delight by Ambrose Beerce This Librevox recording is in the public domain.
Recording by April six zero nine zero
Some fiction, retribution,
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