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Updated: May 9, 2025

"What are yer why doin' on the slate, Isley?" said he, taking out an old clay pipe and lighting it. "Sums," said Isley. Bob puffed away at his pipe a moment. "'Tain't no use!" he said, sitting down on the clay and drawing his knees up. "Edication's a failyer." "Listen at 'im!" exclaimed the boy. "D'yer mean ter say it ain't no use learnin' readin' and writin' and sums?" "Isley!" "Right, father."

Henry Lawson - While the Billy Boils