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Title: Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1906
Year: 1906 (1900s)
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Publisher: Toronto
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age hasno business to smoke. Indeed, said the other in thesame tones. Yes, sir, indeed, said Mr. Pars-low spitefully, his temper ruffling.The habit, when indulged in youth,stunts the growth and enfeebles thebrain. If that is so, replied the boy,quizzically eyeing Mr. Parslows gi-gantic proportions and not over in-tellectual features, when I look atyou and hear you speak, I am quiteat a loss to judge whether you con-tracted the habit in early years orhave only recently become a devoteeof the weed. 62 THE BUSY MANS MAGAZINE Mr. Parslow looked at him in as-tonishment and began to bluster. You knock that disgusting pipeout ! he demanded fiercely. Certainly, said the boy ; I will itched to box his ears. But therewas an expression in the boys eyethat he had seen on occasions in Mrs.Parslows, and he sat down again.Youre a very rude little boy, he —when Ive finished it. And he said, lamely, and have no right atsmiled complacently at the big and all to be in this carriage. liL!oii.7Hii2ja;;!
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Confident and entirely at his ease, swinging his little feet. furious man, and filled the carriagewith smoke. Mr. Parslow banged down the win-dows and opened the ventilators witha good deal more violence than wasnecessary or becoming in a man ofhis years. To be flouted by a mereurchin ! The thought was well-nighunbearable, and Mr. Parslows hand My dear sir, pleaded the other,with an irritating wave of a skinnyand not particularly clean hand,pray spare me that inevitable retortof the railway carriage disp,utant.Youre not, youre really not goingto ask me to show my ticket. Pll have you turned out atLeigh, said Mr. Parslow furiously. MR, PARSLOWS FELLOW-TRAVELLER 63 Unfortunately we dont stop beforethat. Yo^a would have some difficulty tokeep me in at Leigh, I can assureyou, replied the boy. To be quitecandid, I have a third, and shouldthere be any unpleasantness with theofficials, you, as a gentleman, will ofcourse bear witness that I was putinto this compartment—I might saythrown in,

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