THE MATCH TRICK
TAKEN DOWN BY STRANGER left with empty box He came out of a tobacconist's proudly beanlng a bright new box 1 of matches. Five minutes further up the street a good-looking .stranger aeeosted him and asked il he could oblige with a iiglu. Our friend willingly did so. Alter a struggle to protect the ilaine irotn [he wind, the cigarette was lit, and both men went their respective waysA little later our friend thought he too would like- a smoke, but when he -drew the matches from his pocket he went dizzy- with dismay. The stranger had kept the new box of matches and pa'.medi off on him an old box ebnta'ining half a dozen dead ones !
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 88, 7 August 1942, Page 5
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120THE MATCH TRICK Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 88, 7 August 1942, Page 5
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