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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 374, 9 July 1903, Page 2

9 - HE, AFBtCA _ ,i of und^f^^iOß^., 'ftaJErag hisiabaence a all unconscious' pf thepracious store. On the adyefnfrjof the\l sonxe roaming' Tommies I wefe attracted by the busy bees, the proof whose industry accept- - W& fheir "la*d,». They aHd removed the gblden'iioneyj ; Tho farmer returned from; hisflitflp. trip, jbut a r few weeki ago, and upott: iiß~artivaJiigosa hia farm bethought Hiny:- of bullion. C trefu'Jy ta¥ing;.hiß>sear4niif. he approached the fateful ant-heap, and -whetr withitKa hundred yards 3#. so he observed, with the keenness of sight heightened by eager anticipation, that a iradical disturbance bad-occurred. His jaw and heart dropped in unisDn. Eblf-dazed, and with but a yague notion of what he was doing, he proceeded to remove the little debris left,, jyheD».lP, v .and # behold,.jsithiaan-inch or "fcwb treasure hj? had gnreit-up ft'f TostX ..Everybody Knows the Spaniards are the most courteous nation in the world. Even when a true Gastilian assassin is plunging hi? knife between your ribs he never forgets to say, 'By your leave/... Here is the latest example of Hispamclan politer ness.' * • *"*■ "*"'"* The othtr day a booteeller of Madrid perceived a 'gentleman' in somewhat ragged, if picturesque, garments slipping under.the ample folds of his cloak a pair of shoes taken from a bundle hanging aA the shop door. ' A thousand pardons, senor,' said the merchant; ' but lam not able to let them go at that price' ' Ten thousand regrets, senor/ replied the dilapidated hidalgo, replacing the shoes. 'it gives me pain to Bay that I cannot offer more.'