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Show WAS WILLING TO REPEAT- IT Bright Youth's Phrase of Gratitude Paid for and Well Worthy of Repetition. He was a most intelligent youth, and while going through the basement at the works he noticed that something some-thing was wrong with the machinery. He at once gave the alarm, and prevented pre-vented what might have been a serious seri-ous accident. The circumstance was reported to the head of the firm, before be-fore whom the lad was summoned. "You have done me a great service, my lad," said the genial chief, "and in future your wages will be increased by two shillings weekly." "Thank you, sir," said the bright little lit-tle fellow. "I will do my best to be be a good servant to you." "That's the right spirit, my lad," he remarked, encouragingly. "In all the years that I have been in business no one has ever thanked me in that way. I will make the increase three shillings. shill-ings. Now, what do you say to that?" "Well, sir," replied the lad, smilingly, smiling-ly, "would you mind if 1 said it again?" |